Subject: Bug#522358: xserver-xorg-video-intel: [945GM + KMS] Misdetection of TV output

From: Sven Joachim <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:25:10 +0200

On 2009-06-29 11:21 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:

> reassign 522358 linux-2.6
> reassign 533550 linux-2.6
> merge 522358 533550
> tags 522358 + fixed-upstream
> thanks
>
> On 2009-06-24 22:36 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>
>> On 2009-04-03 05:34 +0200, Piotr Lewandowski wrote:
>>
>>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>>> Version: 2:2.6.1-1
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>>
>>> When I start X on a freshly booted system (kernel mode-setting enabled) 
>>> it starts with allegedly TV output connected, thus setting the wrong 
>>> resolution (1024x768 with native LVDS resolution 1280x800).
>>>
>>> After starting X server again the resolution is correct and no TV output 
>>> is connected (which is consistent with reality).
>>
>> Isn't this a kernel bug then and should be reassigned to linux-2.6?
>> Today I tried to enable KMS on my laptop with self-compiled 2.6.30
>> kernel and ran into the same issue; it has also been discussed on [1].
>> Allegedly the patch in [2] fixes the problem, it is already part of the
>> mainline kernel.
>>
>> 1. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=567466
>> 2. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/anholt/drm-intel.git;a=commitdiff;h=03d6069912babc07a3da20e715dd6a5dc8f0f867;hp=2939e1f5331455d17a4a704dd6210e1474002545
>
> The mentioned patch, which is included in 2.6.31-rc1, works for me.

For the record, it is also included in 2.6.30.5, so the next linux-2.6
upload that adds this stable release should close the bug. :-)

Sven