From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <397D98EC.2E9C36C3@relog.ch> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:41:00 +0200 From: Michel Dänzer Reply-To: daenzerm@student.ethz.ch MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Grimes CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Xfree86 version 4.01 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: John Grimes wrote: > > > > > For some reason I can not get any other mode to work (i.e. > > > > > 640x480,1024x768, 800x600). If any would fail I would expect it to > > > > > be 1280x1024 not the smaller modes. I have no modelines defined, > > > > > just letting XF86 decided which modes to use. Any ideas why the > > > > > defaults don't work? > > > > > > > > Look at the log. There should be a reason for every rejected mode. > > > > > > There aren't any rejected modes. > > > > How exactly do they not work then? > > > > > I think the suggestion taht I use fbset to create modelines is right on. > > > > Try it, but I think if that was the problem your modes would get rejected. > > Do you use Option "UseFBDev"? > > Your right, didn't work. I still can use only 1280x1024, the other modes > are definetely screwed up when I cycle through them although I am using > modelines taken from fbset -x. So I don't know what's wrong. Some modes > are rejected but all of these should be rejected (1600x1200, ...) It > definetely s finding modes it thinks are OK (or using my modelines) but it > isn't working. So it looks like that bug still isn't fixed. Ani, Ben, Kostas, Kevin: Any reason the r128 driver can't use fbdevhw to set up modes? (like glint) > > If the internal video isn't the default framebuffer device (where the > > initial console comes up on), you'll have to add > > > > Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1" > > > yup, this was exactly what I needed, unfortunately althought i definetely > is finding this monitor it is not working either. However I suspect this > is a monitor config issue and will keep working on it (or maybe try > another monitor). Does the console work there? If yes, just don't specify any modelines and it will use the console mode. And beware: With Xinerama, all screens must have the same depth... Michel -- The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall. ______________________________________________________________________________ Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/