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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
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Subject: Re: xf86-video-mga
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Andrea Venturoli wrote:

> Just to let you know I upgraded from 1.4.7 to 1.9.100 hoping it would solve 
> some minor problems, but I had to portdowngrade, because I could not attain 
> 1600x1200 anymore.
>
> I read this is not a FreeBSD specific problem, but if you think I should, I 
> might file a PR.

If the driver determines resolution capabilities from the video card 
BIOS, this may help:

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/mgapatch/xorg-patch.txt

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA