From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 13 03:48:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD71C106566B for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:48:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.caines@halplant.com) Received: from eastrmpop108.cox.net (eastrmpop108.cox.net [68.230.240.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D7E8FC15 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:48:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.caines@halplant.com) Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao107.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090713032649.ZKLR4885.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:49 -0400 Received: from mail.halplant.com ([68.105.188.179]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id FFSo1c0093sgWP002FSojF; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:48 -0400 X-VR-Score: -17.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=e5mUnYsNAAAA:8 a=8pif782wAAAA:8 a=uG85MrV0AAAA:8 a=Gt4o6GHaAAAA:8 a=MQqTm3zH2deuxAaMmwAA:9 a=YJxhHyA45TkOVasWu8MYX-zH1g4A:4 a=HbtFqIfOVYkA:10 a=ZuKNhn6kRXAA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Received: from hal10000.halplant.com (hal10000.halplant.com [192.168.0.3]) by mail.halplant.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099924E for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A5AA977.8080200@halplant.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:47 -0400 From: "Andrew J. Caines" Organization: H.A.L. Plant User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090625) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=67C318A1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Problem with VESA and 1680x1050 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:48:27 -0000 John, > I have a new box with an onboard GeForce 8200, which is not supported > by the 'nv' driver yet. If you don't mind the closed code and aren't running 64 bit, you can use x11/nvidia-driver. Another option is x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau, but according to the status page[1], "Some gpu's integrated onto the motherboard do not function with nouveau for unknown reason, they include the geforce 8200/8300" You might be able to get more help if you provide the chip ID. > (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1680x1050" (no mode of this name) So > what gives? It seems like VESA is aware that the mode is supported, > yet it drops it later on anyway. That's not a VESA mode[1]. [1] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FrontPage#Status [1] See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Modes_defined_by_VESA since vesa.org is useless for getting any information -- -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com FreeBSD/Linux/Solaris, Web/Mail/Proxy/... http://halplant.com:2001/ "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency" - Alan Turing