From: poma <pomidorabelisima-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: richter-Jqd5/X81recL63KmMnjC+CEWGD4kr0XT@public.gmane.org,
nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Activate DVI-I behind KVM on FX 5200
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:41:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <568B9DCE.8080407@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <568B339D.2090102-Jqd5/X81recL63KmMnjC+CEWGD4kr0XT@public.gmane.org>
On 05.01.2016 04:08, Thomas Richter wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I don't seem to be able to enable the DVI-I output of an old FX 5200
> behind a KVM switch. Autodetection works fine if the FX 5200 DVI output
> is switched to the monitor, but when it is not, I have not found a way
> to force-enable it.
>
> Here is what I tried:
>
> *) used the video=DVI-I-1:1280x1024-24@60e kernel parameter
> (framebuffer still sits at 1024x768)
>
> *) used "options drm_kms_helper edid-firmware=edid/edid.bin"
> in /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf. "no initrd here, drm-kms-helper.ko is
> loaded during bootstrap)
>
> *) downloaded the edid from the monitor and validated its correctness.
> I placed the edid data into /lib/firmware/edid/edid.bin, and added the
> module option "options drm_kms_helper edid-firmware=edid/edid.bin"
>
append to kernel cmdline:
drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=DVI-I-1:edid/edid.bin
$ cat /proc/cmdline
... drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=DVI-I-1:edid/edid.bin ...
> as one can see from
> "/sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/edid_firmware", the parameter is
> accepted, but does not resolve the problem. Framebuffer stays at
> 1024x768, and "xinit" does not give any display.
>
> Any hints appreciated. It would be very helpful to have a working display.
>
> Greetings,
> Thomas
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-05 3:08 Activate DVI-I behind KVM on FX 5200 Thomas Richter
[not found] ` <568B339D.2090102-Jqd5/X81recL63KmMnjC+CEWGD4kr0XT@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-05 10:41 ` poma [this message]
[not found] ` <568B9DCE.8080407-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-05 13:47 ` Thomas Richter
[not found] ` <568BC959.3070109-Jqd5/X81recL63KmMnjC+CEWGD4kr0XT@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-05 18:43 ` poma
[not found] ` <568C0EE4.50307-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-05 19:31 ` Thomas Richter
[not found] ` <568C1A26.7010004-otB+qtk3XKcL63KmMnjC+CEWGD4kr0XT@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-06 4:37 ` poma
2016-01-06 14:33 ` poma
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