desperately seeking "IgnoreEDID"

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008, Tom Horsley wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:54:13 -0400
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
> >    i have a fresh install of f9 on an aging dell inspiron 9200 with a
> > full WUXGA display, and i'm trying to drive a full-res WUXGA signal
> > into an external video processing device that is (theoretically)
> > supposed to be able to handle that.
>
> Back on F7 and before, I was able to beat the X server into submission.
> On F8 and later, it appears hopeless. After ignoring EDID info for 25
> years, X suddenly decided to switch and ignore linux users instead :-).

i'm reaching that conclusion, slowly and painfully.  and it's not
making me a happy man.

rday

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Robert P. J. Day
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