Fedora and the horrible EDID checksum issue with various video cards

[Mark Haney]

Hi guys, got a question I hope someone can answer pretty quickly. I've 
been using kubuntu on various slower systems the last couple of years, 
but since Canonical is dropping KDE I want to shift them all back to 
Fedora.  I've noticed that F16 flies on hardware that F12 just killed so 
I'm willing to give it a shot.

My question is this: I've had an issue with newer ubuntu kernels 
(3.0.14,.15 and .16 specifically) that just implode on my video card with

> [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 128

repeatedly, pegging my proc and rendering the system unusable.  Has the 
3.1+ kernels addressed this issue?  Is it still hanging out there?  What 
exactly is the status of this in the Fedora realm?

Right now, I have a system I can use (with the 0.13 kernel) but I don't 
want to upgrade if it leaves me with an unusable system.



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Mark Haney
Software Developer/Consultant
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