Public bug reported: I installed today Ubuntu 18.04. I have a secondary monitor (Acer AL1914), which does not provide a EDID, so I created one and usually loaded directly from the kernel at startup.
The EDID is located here: /lib/firmware/edid/al1914.bin The kernel command line is this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=VGA-1:edid/al1914.bin" On Ubuntu 16.04, this worked perfectly. Now, the additional mode from the edid is not present among the resolutions available (I have to create a new one and add it with cvt and xrandr once the system is loaded). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permesso negato: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Apr 8 08:27:19 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [144d:c0d8] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series] [1002:6840] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-07 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404) MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 350V5C/351V5C/3540VC/3440VC ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-13-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=088e46ca-c64d-43c6-8c68-0f92cb2917b6 ro quiet splash drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=VGA-1:edid/al1914.bin vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/04/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P09ABE dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: NP350V5C-S08IT dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.board.version: BOARD REVISION 00 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP09ABE:bd07/04/2013:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pn350V5C/351V5C/3540VC/3440VC:pvrP09ABE.012.CP:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnNP350V5C-S08IT:rvrBOARDREVISION00:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct9:cvr0.1: dmi.product.family: Eureka dmi.product.name: 350V5C/351V5C/3540VC/3440VC dmi.product.version: P09ABE.012.CP dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic resolution ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762122 Title: drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware not working anymore on Ubuntu 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1762122/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs