On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 04:18:08 -0700 Mike Fedyk wrote: > > The newest kernels have (God knows why) moved the video > > mode setting into the kernel (the only explanation I've > > ever seen for why this is a good idea is that the monitor > > goes "click" less often that way). So all the programming > > of the hardware specific clock rates and registers on the > > video card happen in the kernel during initial boot > > http://lwn.net/Articles/268378/ > > http://lwn.net/Articles/316274/
Actually, there is one really excellent side-effect of kernel mode setting: The ability to manually override the EDID info with a kernel boot parameter (figuring out how to use it might be a different problem :-). This will finally be a single point where you can lock down a monitor's video setting so the system will boot right even when the monitor isn't currently connected via the KVM switch or the monitor itself reports bogus EDID info. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
