desperately seeking "IgnoreEDID"

[Bill Davidsen]

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> Quoting Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>:
>>
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>> Have you read "man radeon" at all?  In the "man radeon" on a handy 
>>> gentoo
>>> system it says:
>>>
>>>       Option "IgnoreEDID" "boolean"
>>>           Do  not use EDID data for mode validation, but DDC is still
>>>           used for monitor detection. This is different from NoDDC
>>>           option.  The default value is off.
>>>
>>>       Option "DDCMode" "boolean"
>>>           Force to use the modes queried from the connected monitor.  
>>> The
>>>           default is off.
>>>
>>> I see that "NoDDC" and "DDCMode" appear to be spelt differently, but
>>> neither is spelt "DDC" unless the X server treats "NoDDC" as a synonym
>>> for "DDC" "False" per Alan's suggestion.
>>
>> i was unaware that a man page for "radeon" even existed but i think i've
>> already tested these combinations.  i've used False for IgnoreEDID 
>> and, as
>> you point out, the default for DDCMode is false.  so i think i've covered
>> those possibilities, unless i'm misreading something here.
>>
> Is that a typo? You *want* to ignore EDID, don't you? So the value of 
> "Ignore EDID" should be "True" I would assume.
> 
And to reply to my own post, yes, it was a typo, you quoted it as "False" in 
your original post, which I had to go back and check.

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