[mythtv-users] Can't start mythfrontend with TV off since moving to Intel graphics
Greg Davis
lester1966 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 02:11:44 UTC 2020
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> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:40:40 +0000
> From: Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net>
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Can't start mythfrontend with TV off since
> moving to Intel graphics
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> I've recently moved from nvidia to Intel graphics for my frontend. With
> nvidia, I could specify CustomEDID and ConnectedMonitor options in my
> xorg.conf so that mythfrontend would start up before the TV was turned
> on, but Intel graphics doesn't support the ConnectedMonitor option and I
> so far can't find an alternative.
>
> When mythfrontend starts it reports failure to find a screen and
> attempts to set a mode with 0fps, although xrandr correctly reports the
> modes specified via CustomEDID.
>
> I've tried various alterations to no avail.
>
> * Specifying custom edid and an enabled output via KMS, but that seemed
> to have no effect.
>
> * Setting the primary output with xrandr before starting mythfrontend
>
> * Specifying monitor definitions in the x config with the Ignore option
> set to True for all outputs other than HDMI1.
>
> Nothing has worked, although the system has fooled me into thinking it
> is working several times.
>
> Hope someone has some more suggestions. Here are various logs:
>
>
>
> mythfrontend.log: https://pastebin.pl/view/7f7e9805
>
>
>
> Xorg.0.log: https://pastebin.pl/view/96d06f27
>
>
>
> xorg.conf:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> Option "Enable" "True"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Device0"
> Driver "intel"
> VendorName "Intel Corporation"
> Option "CustomEDID" "HDMI1:/etc/X11/edid.bin
> Option "monitor-HDMI1" "Monitor0"
> EndSection
>
>
>
> xrandr output:
>
> Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1024 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
> DP1 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 1920x1080 50.00 + 60.00 24.00
> 1920x1080i 50.00 60.00
> 1280x1024 60.02
> 1280x720 50.00 60.00
> 1440x576i 50.00
> 1024x768 60.00
> 1440x480i 59.94
> 800x600 60.32
> 720x576 50.00
> 720x480 59.94
> 640x480 59.94
> HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Looks like there a “ missing from the end of your edid line in your xorg.conf
Option "CustomEDID" "HDMI1:/etc/X11/edid.bin
Not sure if that’s the case in the actual file or not,
Lester
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