From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 26 18:18:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABEB16A403 for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:18:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A918E13C479 for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so3206553uge for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:17:59 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FpF4EeEGKUykDM8pVBl1vd9Iiro6R0v4x47+7sX1dHaaJh7cQMNmho+OG0vvQBfdkrcsZKKj9CCJm3rBthnMvvsedKwjZbdX2HXjrJ64MpwVg8F3fx9NPFE/Mlh8XOm8OfevTLsE2T6nujA9QuVDTRWg0+ecExQ74Bi6QxAfUHo= Received: by 10.66.255.7 with SMTP id c7mr18895536ugi.1167157079755; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:17:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.67.27.15 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:17:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0612261017yf098367u598d4ac8d191f1b1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:17:59 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" To: "Janvier Pang" In-Reply-To: <7deba7c00612260923ja2c6eccs52e7004d7fdec33@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7deba7c00612260923ja2c6eccs52e7004d7fdec33@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can anybody change the resolution to 1280x800? 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: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:18:01 -0000 On 12/26/06, Janvier Pang wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a laptop, there're ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 display card and wide > screen with 1280x800 resolutions on it. > > I'd like to use the native ati driver, Unfortunately I can't find any > available driver about this card on the internet. So that I must choose > another way to use this card. > > I configured the vesa driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and then start the X. I > got the following message in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: > > ... > (II) VESA(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode > (II) VESA(0): redX: 0.575 redY: 0.359 greenX: 0.319 greenY: 0.532 > (II) VESA(0): blueX: 0.155 blueY: 0.129 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328 > (II) VESA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 > (II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode: > (II) VESA(0): clock: 68.9 MHz Image Size: 331 x 207 mm > (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1301 h_sync_end 1333 h_blank_end 1408 > h_border: 0 > (II) VESA(0): v_active: 800 v_sync: 804 v_sync_end 808 v_blanking: 816 > v_border: 0 > (II) VESA(0): QUANTADISPLAY > (II) VESA(0): QD15TL072 > (II) VESA(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s): > (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear > ... > > After reading the manual, I add the "ModeLine" line in the > /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the additional video mode: > > ... > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "My Monitor" > HorizSync 31.5 - 64.3 > VertRefresh 50-70 > ModeLine "1280x800" 68.9 1280 1301 1333 1408 800 804 808 816 > End Section > ... > > and change "Monitor" section as following: > > ... > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "* Generic VESA compatible" > Monitor "My Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x800" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > ... > > OK, restart the X. > > The X was started, but the resolution is still 1024x768. > > I checked /var/log/Xorg.0.log carefully, and then I found the following > message in the log file: > > ... > (II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 256 64KB banks (16384kB) > (WW) VESA(0): config file hsync range 31.5-64.3kHz not within DDC hsync > ranges. > (WW) VESA(0): config file vrefresh range 50-70Hz not within DDC vrefresh > ranges. > (II) VESA(0): My Monitor: Using hsync range of 31.50-64.30 kHz > (II) VESA(0): My Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz > (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name) > (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) > (**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1024x768" > (**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1024x768" > (**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "800x600" > ... > > It said "1280x800" mode cound not to be found, but I have added this mode > into /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Why it can not to be detected? > > If I can use the additional video mode, I can use my wide screen under > 1280x800 resolution I think. Could anybody give me some hints about how to > apply the additional video mode? > > Thanks. > > Janvier Pang. Here is my xorg.conf file and I use ATI Radeon 1100 I'm loading the dri module which is Xorg module to support radeon Section "Module" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 330 210 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "SEC" ModelName "3845" option "DPMS" EndSection Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" VideoRam 131072 VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]" BusID "PCI:1:5:0" Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection I'm able to use 1280x800 PS: Xorg 7.2 may has a driver for your ATI video card, I hope it will be released soon. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/