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From: Nasa <nasa01@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Using quirks to fix incorrect Monitor physical size
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:10:28 +0000 (UTC)
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----- "Nasa" <nasa01@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to tell the driver to use DisplaySize to pass the
> correct dimensions to
> the i915 driver?  from my searches, I saw the following note:
> 
> News: xf86-video-intel only supports KMS now
> 2010-02-11 - Jan de Groot
> 
> With the move of xf86-video-intel 2.10.0 to extra, support for UMS has
> been removed from the intel driver. This means that KMS is a
> requirement now.
> 
> 
> Does this mean that there's no way to override incorrect (or in my
> case) missing EDID info?  I am assuming so, 
> which is why I am asking about quirks.  Thanks in advance,
> 
So...

Given the lack of a response, I am guessing this means the drivers don't
support this capability.  Is there a reason for limiting user capabilities?  
Removing users ability to work around hardware issues just seems like the 
wrong way to go.  At least in my humble opinion.

Nasa