From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvidiafb: allow ignoring EDID info Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:04:54 +0800 Message-ID: <1172300694.4109.50.camel@daplas> References: <1172101406.4217.16.camel@daplas> <1172133646.4086.5.camel@daplas> <1172153358.4306.17.camel@daplas> <1172161290.4198.12.camel@daplas> <1172187249.4279.7.camel@daplas> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HKqvI-0003qX-QY for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:02:25 -0800 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HKqvH-0007tt-Du for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:02:24 -0800 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so1243103nzi for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:02:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Giuseppe Bilotta Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Luca Tettamanti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Simmons , Dave Airlie On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:34 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On 2/23/07, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 20:08 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > > > No, it doesn't. I've tried all the methods from 640x480 to 1600x1200, > > > and they /all/ come up snowy. This is starting to look queerer and > > > queerer. I've also tried changing vf min and max as you suggested: > > > > Before we proceed, do you agree that the patch will allow you to change > > video modes without disabling DDC support? So this is still a valid > > fix? > > You're right, I hadn't realized that. I can now access all the sizes > from 640 to 1600, so I would say the fix is valid. Okay, thanks. > > > When does your display become snowy? Is the snow constant or does it > > only snow when doing heavy text operations, such as scrolling? > > The snowy is constant and abundant, and it seems to be independent of > video size (640 through 1600) and screen occupation (single prompt > line to fullscreen mc session) and usage. > > > I presume that X's nv driver or vesafb does not exhibit this problem? > > X's nv gives a very clean display, /unless/ I load nvidiafb before: if > I modprobe nvidiafb (it's a module, and it's blacklisted precisely for > this reason), then the screen is very snowy with X's nv too. > Hmm..., I really don't know how to fix this except to look at Xorg's code and look for a difference. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV