Files xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/bios_reader/bios_dumper and xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/bios_reader/bios_dumper differ
diff -NurpP xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/i830_driver.c xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/i830_driver.c
--- xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/i830_driver.c	2007-11-15 19:02:59.000000000 +0100
+++ xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/i830_driver.c	2007-11-27 16:33:20.946482890 +0100
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ typedef enum {
    OPTION_INTELTEXPOOL,
 #endif
    OPTION_TRIPLEBUFFER,
+   OPTION_NOPROGRAMMED,
 } I830Opts;
 
 static OptionInfoRec I830Options[] = {
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ static OptionInfoRec I830Options[] = {
    {OPTION_INTELTEXPOOL,"Legacy3D",     OPTV_BOOLEAN,	{0},	FALSE},
 #endif
    {OPTION_TRIPLEBUFFER, "TripleBuffer", OPTV_BOOLEAN,	{0},	FALSE},
+   {OPTION_NOPROGRAMMED, "NoProgrammed", OPTV_BOOLEAN,	{0},	FALSE},
    {-1,			NULL,		OPTV_NONE,	{0},	FALSE}
 };
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
@@ -1336,6 +1338,9 @@ I830PreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flags
    xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, from, "IO registers at addr 0x%lX\n",
 	      (unsigned long)pI830->MMIOAddr);
 
+   if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(pI830->Options, OPTION_NOPROGRAMMED, FALSE))
+      pI830->noProgrammedMode = TRUE;
+
    /* check quirks */
    i830_fixup_devices(pScrn);
 
diff -NurpP xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/i830.h xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/i830.h
--- xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/i830.h	2007-11-14 19:59:42.000000000 +0100
+++ xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/i830.h	2007-11-27 16:35:21.945308103 +0100
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ typedef struct _I830Rec {
 
    Bool useEXA;
    Bool noAccel;
+   Bool noProgrammedMode;
    Bool SWCursor;
 #ifdef I830_USE_XAA
    XAAInfoRecPtr AccelInfoRec;
Files xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/.i830.h.swp and xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/.i830.h.swp differ
diff -NurpP xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/i830_lvds.c xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/i830_lvds.c
--- xf86-video-intel-2.2.0/src/i830_lvds.c	2007-11-15 19:02:59.000000000 +0100
+++ xf86-video-intel-2.2.0-r1/src/i830_lvds.c	2007-11-27 16:32:59.946686779 +0100
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ i830_lvds_init(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
     /* If we didn't get EDID, try checking if the panel is already turned on.
      * If so, assume that whatever is currently programmed is the correct mode.
      */
-    if (dev_priv->panel_fixed_mode == NULL) {
+    if (dev_priv->panel_fixed_mode == NULL && !pI830->noProgrammedMode) {
 	CARD32 lvds = INREG(LVDS);
 	int pipe = (lvds & LVDS_PIPEB_SELECT) ? 1 : 0;
 	xf86CrtcConfigPtr xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(pScrn);