report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

[Hervé Cauwelier]

Hi,

I've seen many patches about randr so I decided to give it another try.

I've hotplugged a VGA monitor on my laptop and it detected all
resolutions but the native one. I was able to move either screen on the
left or on the right. Gnome was trying its best to place its panels on
the bottom-right most corners.

The only two issues are this native resolution not detected, and Gnome
not placing the panels where I expected. I was used to the intel driver
placing them on the main screen, and leaving the extra screen empty.

Yet I was very happy and I wanted to share my joy!

This is a 8400M GS with the master branch of nouveau and drm.

Regards,

Hervé
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Re: report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

[Maarten Maathuis]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Hervé Cauwelier
<herve.cauwelier-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've seen many patches about randr so I decided to give it another try.
>
> I've hotplugged a VGA monitor on my laptop and it detected all
> resolutions but the native one. I was able to move either screen on the
> left or on the right. Gnome was trying its best to place its panels on
> the bottom-right most corners.
>
> The only two issues are this native resolution not detected, and Gnome
> not placing the panels where I expected. I was used to the intel driver
> placing them on the main screen, and leaving the extra screen empty.
>
> Yet I was very happy and I wanted to share my joy!
>
> This is a 8400M GS with the master branch of nouveau and drm.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hervé
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Maybe share a xorg log and your xorg.conf, so we can know what kind of
problem it is (that's causing your native res not to show up).

Maarten.

Re: report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

[Hervé Cauwelier]

Maarten Maathuis a écrit :
> Maybe share a xorg log and your xorg.conf, so we can know what kind of
> problem it is (that's causing your native res not to show up).

The xorg logs: http://pastebin.ca/1203355
The xorg.conf: http://pastebin.ca/1203356

Don't pay attention to the "EXAOptimizeMigration" option, I've just
added it to try at next reboot.

The VGA-1 is a 1600x1200 LCD, a real 4/3 not a widescreen.

The LVDS-0 is my 1280x800 laptop panel.

Thanks for taking care,

Hervé
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Re: report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

[Maarten Maathuis]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Hervé Cauwelier
<herve.cauwelier-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Maarten Maathuis a écrit :
>> Maybe share a xorg log and your xorg.conf, so we can know what kind of
>> problem it is (that's causing your native res not to show up).
>
> The xorg logs: http://pastebin.ca/1203355
> The xorg.conf: http://pastebin.ca/1203356
>
> Don't pay attention to the "EXAOptimizeMigration" option, I've just
> added it to try at next reboot.
>
> The VGA-1 is a 1600x1200 LCD, a real 4/3 not a widescreen.
>
> The LVDS-0 is my 1280x800 laptop panel.
>
> Thanks for taking care,
>
> Hervé
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Is this log of the attempt to connect the vga, as i cannot find it in the log?

I can say now that you should remove these lines:

HorizSync       28.0-64.0
VertRefresh     43.0-60.0

Unless you are very sure you need them, otherwise they limit the modes
that are accepted.

btw, KMS is autodetected, the option doesn't exist anymore.

Maarten.

Re: report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

[Hervé Cauwelier]

Maarten Maathuis a écrit :
> I can say now that you should remove these lines:
> 
> HorizSync       28.0-64.0
> VertRefresh     43.0-60.0
> 
> Unless you are very sure you need them, otherwise they limit the modes
> that are accepted.

I've removed these lines and play again with xrandr this morning.

A new xorg log: http://pastebin.ca/1204094

I also took a picture of the desktop combining the 1280x1024 screen on
the left and the 1280x800 one on the right:
<http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=randr2screensdifferentrpw3.jpg>

Hervé
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Re: report almost a success with Randr1.2 on NV50

[Maarten Maathuis]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Hervé Cauwelier
<herve.cauwelier-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Maarten Maathuis a écrit :
>> I can say now that you should remove these lines:
>>
>> HorizSync       28.0-64.0
>> VertRefresh     43.0-60.0
>>
>> Unless you are very sure you need them, otherwise they limit the modes
>> that are accepted.
>
> I've removed these lines and play again with xrandr this morning.
>
> A new xorg log: http://pastebin.ca/1204094
>
> I also took a picture of the desktop combining the 1280x1024 screen on
> the left and the 1280x800 one on the right:
> <http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=randr2screensdifferentrpw3.jpg>
>
> Hervé
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I really can't see anything related to the vga being connected in the
log, so that makes it hard to know what is wrong.

Maarten.