[mythtv-users] Idea for possible workaround to stop bogus EDID data

[Christopher David Petersen]

On 10/12/07, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>
> On Oct 11, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Christopher David Petersen wrote:
>
> > On 10/11/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >> On 10/11/2007 06:27 PM, Christopher David Petersen wrote:
> >>> Does the -dpi command line option typically cause drivers to ignore
> >>> the DisplaySize information provided in /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?
> >>
> >> Yes.  The -dpi command-line argument takes precedence over all
> >> others.
> >> DisplaySize is used next.  That is exactly why I think all distros
> >> that
> >> use -dpi in the hidden/"not for users to change" scripts they use to
> >> start X are broken--because they make it near impossible for an
> >> unsuspecting user to set the DisplaySize/DPI.
> >>
> >> Mike
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> >
> > I've been looking, lurking, and googling, but haven't found where the
> > -dpi setting would be.
> >
> > On a MythDora 4.0 installation (which is FedoraCore 6), in which file
> > would I find (or set) the -dpi command line argument?
>
> Maybe try the brute force method:
>
> cd /etc
> grep -r "-dpi" *
>
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Thanks. I'm all for the brute approach, but if I don't have a -dpi
setting I won't find it.

I'd still like to know where it exists and what's the chain of
execution to start X (I sense a lot of RTFMing in my future).