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Currently I'm experimenting with XBMCbuntu. Everything works OK, except when I boot my system with my TV off it boots into a black screen. How can I make the system boot into the correct resolution (720p/60) with the TV off, so that I could turn the TV on later and use my XBMC installation?
I've googled and found out that I need to create xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/ dir but how can I create this file on my system? Technical details in my signature.
System image: xbmcbuntu-13.0~gotham_amd64.iso.
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Kernel 3.17 rc5 + DRM kms helper.
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You need to use kernel 3.17-rc5 or newer version.
Then you need to use drm_kms_helper module in combination with grub to override the EDID and force the output to enable.
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So creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf file won't help?
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Nope, not for: AMD A4-3300 + AsRock A75M-ITX
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Please allow me to piggyback here. I'm having the exactly same problem at times, just with a different set of hardware: Intel NUC Haswell i5.
I tried kernel 3.17-rc5 on my minimal ubuntu but that wasn't stable at all, so the above solution is probably not (yet?) an option.
Is there another solution for my hardware?
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OK. Thanks!
Just thinking, is there a possibility to adapt the xbmc upstart script to wait for a specific HDMI slot being connected, similarly to waiting for the network to be up when you use a MySQL database?
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yeah, that might be the simple reason :-)
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