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authorAlex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>2009-10-18 16:21:36 -0400
committerAlex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>2009-10-18 16:21:36 -0400
commitbd89b7501f294ac645390ef144df569953c81dc4 (patch)
tree3e8b468c68711ec811dba218b36a216efec89277 /man/radeon.man
parent255ac8d54e3dc12e579e05edb41b40946a00eab8 (diff)
radeon: fixup CustomEDID option
- add support for analog option to force edid to analog mode - fix compilation on older xservers - updated man page
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@@ -306,8 +306,11 @@ The default value is
Forces the X driver to use the EDID data specified in a file rather
than the display's EDID. Also overrides DDC monitor detection.
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-You may specify a semicolon separated list of output name and filename pairs.
-The output name is something like "VGA-0" or "DVI-0";
+You may specify a semicolon separated list of output name and filename pairs
+with an optional flag, "digital" or "analog", to override the digital bit in
+the edid which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the
+analog or digital encoder associated with a DVI-I port.
+The output name is the randr output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0";
consult the Xorg log for the supported output names of any given system.
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The file must contain a raw 128-byte EDID block, as captured by
@@ -316,10 +319,10 @@ get-edid.
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For example:
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-Option \*qCustomEDID\*q \*qVGA-0:/tmp/edid1.bin; DVI-0:/tmp/edid2.bin\*q
+Option \*qCustomEDID\*q \*qVGA-0:/tmp/edid1.bin; DVI-0:/tmp/edid2.bin:digital\*q
will assign the EDID from the file /tmp/edid1.bin to the output device
VGA-0, and the EDID from the file /tmp/edid2.bin to the output device
-DVI-0.
+DVI-0 and force the DVI port to use the digital encoder.
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Note that a output name must always be specified,
even if only one EDID is specified.