Blank screen after update (KMS related?)

After the last kernel update I got a blank screen at boot. I'm not sure, but I think it happens when KMS kicks in. I think it's related to a broken EDID I've been fighting for months. The stop-gap measure I'd been using so far is to have a custom config in xorg.conf.d and booting to a DM, but that doesn't seem to work with the new kernel.
I get a ton of messages like this:
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292445] Raw EDID:
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292461] 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70 13 00
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292464] 13 0f 01 03 68 22 1b 78 ef 8b c5 a4 5a 48 9b 25
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292466] 1a 50 54 bf ef 00 81 80 71 4f 01 01 01 01 01 01
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292468] 01 01 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292470] 13 00 52 0e 11 00 00 1e 00 00 00 fd 00 32 4b 1e
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292472] 52 0e 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fc 00 43
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292474] 4d 43 20 31 37 22 20 41 44 0a 20 20 00 00 00 ff
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.292476] 00 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 5e
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357340] Raw EDID:
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357354] 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70 13 00
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357356] 13 0f 01 03 68 22 1b 78 ef 8b c5 a4 5a 48 9b 25
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357358] 1a 50 54 bf ef 00 81 80 71 4f 01 01 01 01 01 01
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357360] 01 01 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357362] 13 00 52 0e 11 00 00 1e 00 00 00 fd 00 32 4b 1e
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357364] 52 0e 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fc 00 43
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357366] 4d 43 20 31 37 22 20 41 44 0a 20 20 00 00 00 ff
Oct 15 17:43:59 localhost kernel: [ 169.357369] 00 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 5e
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418576] Raw EDID:
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418588] 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70 13 00
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418590] 13 0f 01 03 68 22 1b 78 ef 8b c5 a4 5a 48 9b 25
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418592] 1a 50 54 bf ef 00 81 80 71 4f 01 01 01 01 01 01
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418594] 01 01 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418597] 13 00 52 0e 11 00 00 1e 00 00 00 fd 00 32 4b 1e
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418599] 52 0e 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fc 00 43
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418601] 4d 43 20 31 37 22 20 41 44 0a 20 20 00 00 00 ff
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.418603] 00 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 5e
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479826] Raw EDID:
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479839] 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70 13 00
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479841] 13 0f 01 03 68 22 1b 78 ef 8b c5 a4 5a 48 9b 25
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479843] 1a 50 54 bf ef 00 81 80 71 4f 01 01 01 01 01 01
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479845] 01 01 01 01 01 01 30 2a 00 98 51 00 2a 40 30 70
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479847] 13 00 52 0e 11 00 00 1e 00 00 00 fd 00 32 4b 1e
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479849] 52 0e 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fc 00 43
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479851] 4d 43 20 31 37 22 20 41 44 0a 20 20 00 00 00 ff
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479854] 00 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 5e
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479862] nouveau 0000:01:05.0: >VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.479868] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:05.0: DDC responded, but no EDID for VGA-1
Oct 15 17:44:00 localhost kernel: [ 169.503357] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:05.0: Load detected on output A
Is there anything I can do to fix this problem once and for all?

I can confirm that this is definitely caused by KMS. It doesn't make any difference whether I'm using nouveau or the proprietary drivers, but I can get into a login prompt by adding nomodeset to the kernel parameters. It's been suggested to set the resolution manually like this:
video=VGA-1:1280x1024@75
And that does set the resolution, but I end up getting a blank screen anyway.
I've switched to linux-lts for now, but obviously this is not a permanent solution. Does anyone have any idea of what I should do? There doesn't appear to by any definitive information about what to do when KMS fucks up.

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