desperately seeking "IgnoreEDID"

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Chris Tyler:
>>> Are you supplying HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges in the xorg.conf?
>
> Robert P. J. Day:
>> nope, i am simply adding the line
>>
>>   Option "IgnoreEDID" "True"
>
> I would have thought that if you're ignoring the device supplied
> specifications, you'd have to supply them, yourself.  Perhaps you need
> to supply more than you're doing (e.g. modelines and scan rates, so X
> can find a set that fits together).


What ever happened to X just supplementing the information it had with
what you gave it, instead of overriding your information with what it
thinks it has?



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