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date = 2020-05-30T08:48:30+10:00
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updated = 2020-05-30T11:21:30+10:00
updated = 2020-06-02T08:15:44+10:00
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This week I discovered some details of digital display technology that I was
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### The Fix
It was at this point I found [this Reddit post][reddit-pixel-format] with a
fairly terrible hack: Copy the [EDID] of the display and modify it to make it
seem like the display only supports RGB. The `amdgpu` driver then chooses that
format instead. Amazingly enough it worked! I also haven't experienced the
screen blanking issue since swapping cables. I can't say for sure if that is
fixed but the HDMI cable is now further away from interference from my Wi-Fi
It was at this point I found [this Reddit post][reddit-pixel-format] describing
a terrible hack, originally described by Parker Reed in [this YouTube
video][edid-edit-video]: Copy the [EDID] of the display and modify it to make
it seem like the display only supports RGB. The `amdgpu` driver then chooses
that format instead. Amazingly enough it worked! I also haven't experienced
the screen blanking issue since swapping cables. I can't say for sure if that
is fixed but the HDMI cable is now further away from interference from my Wi-Fi
router, so perhaps that helped.
The following are the steps I took on Arch Linux to use a modified EDID:
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[EDID]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data
[wxEDID]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wxedid
[systemd-boot]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot
[edid-edit-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYMiX7dlak