Bug 538522 - With KMS, X fails to start with a "no screens found" error when attached to a monitor with a bad EDID
Summary: With KMS, X fails to start with a "no screens found" error when attached to a...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 533632
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-ati
Version: 12
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-11-18 18:26 UTC by Nicholas Miell
Modified: 2009-11-20 17:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-11-20 17:53:32 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
successful (nodmodeset) Xorg log (46.05 KB, text/plain)
2009-11-18 18:26 UTC, Nicholas Miell
no flags Details
failing Xorg log (16.25 KB, text/plain)
2009-11-18 18:29 UTC, Nicholas Miell
no flags Details
xorg.conf (1.05 KB, text/plain)
2009-11-18 18:30 UTC, Nicholas Miell
no flags Details

Description Nicholas Miell 2009-11-18 18:26:47 UTC
Created attachment 370153 [details]
successful (nodmodeset) Xorg log

Description of problem:
When using kernel mode setting and a monitor that reports bad EDID data, X will not start due to a "no screens found" error, even if there's a screen listed in xorg.conf.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.10.20091006git457646d73.fc12.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.1-7.fc12.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the system with a monitor that reports a bad EDID
  
Actual results:
X fails to start with a "no screens found" error.

Expected results:
X uses the configured monitor settings

Comment 1 Nicholas Miell 2009-11-18 18:29:34 UTC
Created attachment 370156 [details]
failing Xorg log

Comment 2 Nicholas Miell 2009-11-18 18:30:31 UTC
Created attachment 370157 [details]
xorg.conf

Comment 3 Jérôme Glisse 2009-11-20 17:53:32 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 533632 ***


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