[mythtv-users] nVidia driver 304.88: problems

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:43:21 +0100
Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:

> On 15/04/2013 21:37, HP-mini wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 15:24 -0500, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
> >> On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:41:13 +1200
> >> HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> I wrestled nVidia blob until I discovered one can feed it with a
> >> binary EDID file instead of letting it be pulled from a display -
> >> which may not be connected.
> >>
> > I think the OP had dynamic hot-plugging working fine with 295 & now
> > it does not.
> > All my xorg-conf hacks just force the 2nd display (with no EDID) to
> > be always active. Ugly solution really..
> >
> > Using an EDID file in my situation is not possible; the required
> > EDID file does not exist unless I generate/create it from the custom
> > modeline.
> 
> If you set the debugging level of the X server sufficiently high
> (6 I think), then your connected device EDID will be in the logs,
> and nVidia supply a tool to dump that as binary.

http://polypux.org/projects/read-edid/

It comes with get-edid utility.

-- 
Cheers, Saul