Configuring Xorg to use custom edid for Xstar / Qnix secondary monitor

SiNiquity · 2018-03-19 00:09:38

My second monitor is an old XStar / Qnix, one of those Korean monitors back when 1440p was novel and 4K unheard of. Apparently this monitor is known to have issues in Linux due to a buggy EDID. The monitor was working fine, but after a system upgrade (pacman -Syu), none of the resolutions are recognized. Since the issue is known to be with the monitor, I'd rather fix the monitor than mess around with rolling packages back. My pacman logs are included at the end of this post if this is inadvisable.

I tried manually adding resolutions using xrandr --newmode and --addmode, but this results in "Configure crtc 1 failed". I know the monitor itself functions, as information is mirrored onto it during boot. For what it's worth, here's the monitor's EDID:

$ xrandr --verbose | grep -A 20 DVI-D-0 | edid-decode
xrandr: Output DVI-D-0 is not disconnected but has no modes
Extracted contents:
header:          00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00
serial number:   23 2f 9b 04 00 00 00 00 28 15
version:         01 03
basic params:    a5 3c 22 78 22
chroma info:     6f b1 a7 55 4c 9e 25 0c 50 54
established:     00 00 00
standard:        01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
descriptor 1:    56 5e 00 a0 a0 a0 29 50 30 20 35 00 55 50 21 00 00 1a
descriptor 2:    00 00 00 fc 00 44 55 41 4c 2d 44 56 49 0a 20 20 20 20
descriptor 3:    00 00 00 fc 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
descriptor 4:    00 00 00 fc 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
extensions:      00
checksum:        12

EDID version: 1.3
Manufacturer: HYO Model 49b Serial Number 0
Made in week 40 of 2011
Digital display
DFP 1.x compatible TMDS
Maximum image size: 60 cm x 34 cm
Gamma: 2.20
DPMS levels: Off
Monochrome or grayscale display
First detailed timing is preferred timing
Display x,y Chromaticity:
  Red:   0.6533, 0.3339
  Green: 0.2998, 0.6201
  Blue:  0.1464, 0.0498
  White: 0.3125, 0.3291
Established timings supported:
Standard timings supported:
Detailed mode: Clock 241.500 MHz, 597 mm x 336 mm
               2560 2608 2640 2720 hborder 0
               1440 1443 1448 1481 vborder 0
               +hsync -vsync
               VertFreq: 59 Hz, HorFreq: 88786 Hz
Monitor name: DUAL-DVI
Checksum: 0x12 (valid)
EDID block does NOT conform to EDID 1.3!
        Digital display field contains garbage: 24
        Missing monitor ranges

I found a custom EDID for the monitor that should get at least one standard timing supported: http://www.overclock.net/forum/44-monit … -2415.html . I imported the file into a binary file by deleting the line numbers and ASCII output. Verified imported as expected and the standard timing is found when running edid-decode on the binary:

$ xxd -r -p xstar-edid.hex xstar-edid.bin
$ hexdump -C xstar-edid.bin > xstar-edid-new.hex
$ diff xstar-edid-orig.hex xstar-edid-new.hex
$ edid-decode xstar-edid.bin
Extracted contents:
header:          00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00
serial number:   23 2f 9b 04 00 00 00 00 28 15
version:         01 03
basic params:    81 3c 22 78 22
chroma info:     6f b1 a7 55 4c 9e 25 0c 50 54
established:     00 00 00
standard:        81 c0 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
descriptor 1:    56 5e 00 a0 a0 a0 29 50 30 20 35 00 55 50 21 00 00 1a
descriptor 2:    00 00 00 fd 00 31 56 1d 71 1e 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20
descriptor 3:    00 00 00 fc 00 44 50 32 37 31 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20
descriptor 4:    00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
extensions:      00
checksum:        a2

EDID version: 1.3
Manufacturer: HYO Model 49b Serial Number 0
Made in week 40 of 2011
Digital display
DFP 1.x compatible TMDS
Maximum image size: 60 cm x 34 cm
Gamma: 2.20
DPMS levels: Off
Monochrome or grayscale display
First detailed timing is preferred timing
Display x,y Chromaticity:
  Red:   0.6533, 0.3339
  Green: 0.2998, 0.6201
  Blue:  0.1464, 0.0498
  White: 0.3125, 0.3291
Established timings supported:
Standard timings supported:
  1280x720@60Hz 16:9
Detailed mode: Clock 241.500 MHz, 597 mm x 336 mm
               2560 2608 2640 2720 hborder 0
               1440 1443 1448 1481 vborder 0
               +hsync -vsync
               VertFreq: 59 Hz, HorFreq: 88786 Hz
Monitor ranges (GTF): 49-86Hz V, 29-113kHz H, max dotclock 300MHz
Monitor name: DP2710
Serial number:
Checksum: 0xa2 (valid)
EDID block does NOT conform to EDID 1.3!
        Detailed block string not properly terminated

Where I'm stuck is writing the appropriate xorg config to:

1. Keep everything the same about my currently functioning primary monitor. Ideally I'd like the configuration to say nothing about it if possible (since it already works that way). However if I have to add some configuration for my primary monitor to distinguish it from my secondary monitor configuration, that's not a deal breaker. Since I don't know enough about xorg, that's what I'm trying at the moment.
2. Load this custom edid for my non-functioning XStar / Qnix monitor.

Here's the config I've come up with (feel free to point out anything stupid I've done):

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "DisplayPort-2"
    Option     "Primary" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "DVI-D-0"
    Option     "RightOf" "DisplayPort-2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "XstarDevice"
    Driver      "amdgpu"
    Option "UseEDID" "True"
    Option "CustomEDID" "DVI-D-0:/usr/share/X11/xstar-edid.bin"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "XstarScreen"
    Monitor    "DVI-D-0"
    Device     "XstarDevice"
EndSection

With this I see it's picking up DVI-D-0 monitor for my secondary and DisplayPort-2 monitor for my primary. However it doesn't appear to be picking up the custom edid.

[ 12628.930] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-2 using monitor section DisplayPort-2
[ 12628.930] (**) AMDGPU(0): Option "Primary" "true"
...
[ 12628.930] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-D-0 using monitor section DVI-D-0
...
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID for output DVI-D-0
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Manufacturer: HYO  Model: 49b  Serial#: 0
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Year: 2011  Week: 40
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Digital Display Input
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): DFP 1.x compatible TMDS
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 60  vert.: 34
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): DPMS capabilities: Off
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): redX: 0.653 redY: 0.334   greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.620
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): blueX: 0.146 blueY: 0.050   whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.329
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): clock: 241.5 MHz   Image Size:  597 x 336 mm
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): h_active: 2560  h_sync: 2608  h_sync_end 2640 h_blank_end 2720 h_border: 0
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): v_active: 1440  v_sync: 1443  v_sync_end 1448 v_blanking: 1481 v_border: 0
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Monitor name: DUAL-DVI
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Monitor name:
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Monitor name:
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    00ffffffffffff00232f9b0400000000
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    28150103a53c2278226fb1a7554c9e25
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    0c505400000001010101010101010101
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    010101010101565e00a0a0a029503020
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    350055502100001a000000fc00445541
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    4c2d4456490a20202020000000fc000a
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    202020202020202020202020000000fc
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0):    000a2020202020202020202020200012
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): No remaining probed modes for output DVI-D-0
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-2 connected
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-0 disconnected
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-1 disconnected
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output HDMI-A-0 disconnected
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-D-0 connected
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Using user preference for initial modes
[ 12628.932] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-2 using initial mode 2560x1440 +0+0
[ 12628.932] (EE) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-D-0 enabled but has no modes

Any pointers? I've never mucked around this much with xorg configurations before and am a bit lost. In particular, I'm not sure if the path "DVI-D-0:/usr/share/X11/xstar-edid.bin" is correct. The file is there, I'm not clear if DVI-D-0 is correct. Also, everything I've found on this Option always talks about Nvidia. Is this an Nvidia propietary option? If so, how do I accomplish this with AMD?

Finally, if there's a better approach to get my monitor working again, I'm all ears. Thanks!

References I've been using:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … ing_xrandr
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Qnix_QX2710 (EDID file is no longer available)
http://www.overclock.net/forum/44-monit … -2415.html (source of my custom EDID)
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … vidia-xorg

P.S. For what it's worth, here are my pacman logs from the upgrade, after which my monitor ceased functioning. Last upgrade prior to that was 2017-11-18. I looked through the forums for related issues between now and then and didn't see anything.

[2018-02-26 00:02] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2018-02-26 00:02] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-02-26 00:02] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-02-26 00:12] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2018-02-26 00:12] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-02-26 00:13] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-02-26 00:14] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rs libxfont'
[2018-02-26 00:14] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2018-02-26 00:14] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2018-02-26 00:14] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] transaction started
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed mime-types (9-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed xineramaproto (1.2.1-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed xf86vidmodeproto (2.3.1-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed renderproto (0.11.1-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed recordproto (1.14.2-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed randrproto (1.5.0-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed kbproto (1.0.7-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed inputproto (2.3.2-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed fontsproto (2.1.3-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed damageproto (1.2.1-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed compositeproto (0.4.2-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed fixesproto (5.0+9+g4292ec1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed xproto (7.0.31-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] removed xextproto (7.3.0-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded linux-api-headers (4.12.7-1 -> 4.14.8-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded tzdata (2017c-1 -> 2018c-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded iana-etc (20170824-1 -> 20180131-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/fstab installed as /etc/fstab.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/group installed as /etc/group.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/hosts installed as /etc/hosts.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/passwd installed as /etc/passwd.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/resolv.conf installed as /etc/resolv.conf.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/shells installed as /etc/shells.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/gshadow installed as /etc/gshadow.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] warning: /etc/shadow installed as /etc/shadow.pacnew
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded filesystem (2017.03-2 -> 2017.10-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.26-6 -> 2.26-11)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Generating locales...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   en_US.UTF-8... done
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Generation complete.
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (7.2.0-3 -> 7.3.0-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded ncurses (6.0+20170902-3 -> 6.1-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded bash (4.4.012-2 -> 4.4.019-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded gdbm (1.13-1 -> 1.14.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded perl (5.26.1-1 -> 5.26.1-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded openssl-1.0 (1.0.2.l-1 -> 1.0.2.n-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded icu (60.1-1 -> 60.2-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libuv (1.16.1-1 -> 1.19.2-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded http-parser (2.7.1-1 -> 2.8.0-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded nodejs (9.2.0-1 -> 9.6.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded acorn (5.2.1-1 -> 5.4.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libutil-linux (2.31-1 -> 2.31.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded bzip2 (1.0.6-6 -> 1.0.6-7)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded glib2 (2.54.2-2 -> 2.54.3+2+g94b38beff-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libjpeg-turbo (1.5.2-1 -> 1.5.3-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libtiff (4.0.8-2 -> 4.0.9-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] installed xorgproto (2018.3-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libxau (1.0.8-2 -> 1.0.8-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded expat (2.2.4-1 -> 2.2.5-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded harfbuzz (1.7.1-1 -> 1.7.5-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded freetype2 (2.8.1-1 -> 2.9-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded cairo (1.15.8-2 -> 1.15.10-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded librsvg (2:2.40.19-1 -> 2:2.42.2-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded gtk-update-icon-cache (3.22.26-1 -> 3.22.28-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded adwaita-icon-theme (3.26.0-1 -> 3.26.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20171020-1 -> 20180108-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Locally signing trusted keys in keyring...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Locally signing key DDB867B92AA789C165EEFA799B729B06A680C281...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Locally signing key 684148BB25B49E986A4944C55184252D824B18E8...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Locally signing key 91FFE0700E80619CEB73235CA88E23E377514E00...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Locally signing key AB19265E5D7D20687D303246BA1DFB64FFF979E7...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Locally signing key 0E8B644079F599DFC1DDC3973348882F6AC6A4C2...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Importing owner trust values...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Disabling revoked keys in keyring...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 7FA647CD89891DEDC060287BB9113D1ED21E1A55...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key D4DE5ABDE2A7287644EAC7E36D1A9E70E19DAA50...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 40440DC037C05620984379A6761FAD69BA06C6A9...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key B1F2C889CB2CCB2ADA36D963097D629E437520BD...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key BC1FBE4D2826A0B51E47ED62E2539214C6C11350...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 63F395DE2D6398BBE458F281F2DBB4931985A992...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 8F76BEEA0289F9E1D3E229C05F946DED983D4366...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 4FCF887689C41B09506BE8D5F3E1D5C5D30DB0AD...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 81D7F8241DB38BC759C80FCE3A726C6170E80477...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 5E7585ADFF106BFFBBA319DC654B877A0864983E...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key E7210A59715F6940CF9A4E36A001876699AD6E84...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key F5A361A3A13554B85E57DDDAAF7EF7873CFD4BB6...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 8CF934E339CAD8ABF342E822E711306E3C4F88BC...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 5696C003B0854206450C8E5BE613C09CB4440678...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 9515D8A8EAB88E49BB65EDBCE6B456CAF15447D5...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 4A8B17E20B88ACA61860009B5CED81B7C2E5C0D2...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 0B20CA1931F5DA3A70D0F8D2EA6836E1AB441196...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 34C5D94FE7E7913E86DC427E7FB1A3800C84C0A5...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 39F880E50E49A4D11341E8F939E4F17F295AFBF4...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 66BD74A036D522F51DD70A3C7F2A16726521E06D...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 44D4A033AC140143927397D47EFD567D4C7EA887...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Disabling key 27FFC4769E19F096D41D9265A04F9397CDFD6BB0...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Updating trust database...
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: next trustdb check due at 2018-06-25
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libgcrypt (1.8.1-1 -> 1.8.2-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded lz4 (1:1.8.0-1 -> 1:1.8.1.2-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libsystemd (235.38-2 -> 237.64-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded dbus (1.12.0-1 -> 1.12.4-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded avahi (0.7-1 -> 0.7-4)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded binutils (2.29.1-1 -> 2.29.1-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.43.7-1 -> 1.43.9-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] installed zstd (1.3.3-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded btrfs-progs (4.13-1 -> 4.15.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded coreutils (8.28-1 -> 8.29-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libtasn1 (4.12-2 -> 4.13-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.33-2 -> 3.35-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded cantarell-fonts (1:0.0.25-3 -> 1:0.100-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.176-1 -> 2.02.177-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] installed json-c (0.13-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] installed argon2 (20171227-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded cryptsetup (1.7.5-2 -> 2.0.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libsasl (2.1.26-11 -> 2.1.26-12)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded krb5 (1.15.2-1 -> 1.16-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libunistring (0.9.7-1 -> 0.9.8-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libpsl (0.18.0-2 -> 0.19.1-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libnghttp2 (1.27.0-1 -> 1.30.0-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded curl (7.56.1-1 -> 7.58.0-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded dbus-glib (0.108-1 -> 0.110-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libnftnl (1.0.7-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded iptables (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.2-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded hwids (20170715-1 -> 20171003-1)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libseccomp (2.3.2-1 -> 2.3.2-2)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded libtirpc (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-3)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded shadow (4.5-2 -> 4.5-4)
[2018-02-26 00:20] [ALPM] upgraded util-linux (2.31-1 -> 2.31.1-1)
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V1del · 2018-03-19 07:36:38

First off you should update more often, that's a huge version backlog there.

That said there's a chance you are barking up the wrong tree, if the monitor worked so far, there's a chance that your issue stems from AMD's DC code. So before pursuing this further, try to boot with

amdgpu.dc=0

in your kernel parameters.

Arch Linux

#1 2018-03-19 00:09:38

Configuring Xorg to use custom edid for Xstar / Qnix secondary monitor

#2 2018-03-19 07:36:38

Re: Configuring Xorg to use custom edid for Xstar / Qnix secondary monitor

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