From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: Rivafb won't work with DVI connector Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 06:43:06 +0800 Message-ID: <200411280643.09524.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <200411250807.32040.adaplas@hotpop.com> <200411262209.17558.adaplas@hotpop.com> <200411271240.13475.andrew@walrond.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CYDPZ-0001ip-8Y for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:59:33 -0800 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CYBHp-0003CF-PM for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:44:01 -0800 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 76A0DA9471A for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 22:43:10 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <200411271240.13475.andrew@walrond.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrew Walrond On Saturday 27 November 2004 20:40, Andrew Walrond wrote: > On Friday 26 Nov 2004 14:09, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > On Thursday 25 November 2004 23:27, Andrew Walrond wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 Nov 2004 00:07, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > none which are useful. Trying some of the modes from the DSUB log (ie 145 = > vga=0x345 etc ) results always in (from memory) "Unsupported mode supplied; > hit enter for list for wait 30s to continue" during boot. As I said, scan > only finds text modes. > > So, not only is this not going to work, but the vesa driver also seems > broken when used with dvi. It's the BIOS that's broken. If we can't even rely on the BIOS to set up an acceptable mode, I guess this problem is for nVidia (if they're going to release the info). Tony ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/