From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 06:17:08 2011 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 754EC106564A for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:17:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp04.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp04.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.153.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06588FC12 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c83-255-51-20.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.51.20]:37648 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp04.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.73) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4oUw-0006u9-Em for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:03:21 +0200 Received: (qmail 22415 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2011 08:03:15 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 30 Mar 2011 08:03:15 +0200 Received: (qmail 52519 invoked by uid 1001); 30 Mar 2011 08:03:15 +0200 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:03:15 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Daniel O'Connor Message-ID: <20110330060315.GA52468@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <7AFE31C3-EA54-49FF-A294-2A793D2236B4@dons.net.au> <049300B7-9C27-4ABE-9CA6-AF069F915274@dons.net.au> <20110330024550.GB63105@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> <0C4CBC26-B4BB-4C30-8EA8-279AB3114F52@dons.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0C4CBC26-B4BB-4C30-8EA8-279AB3114F52@dons.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.51.20 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Q4oUw-0006u9-Em. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp04.sth.basefarm.net 1Q4oUw-0006u9-Em 75961ba8ee2a4812be8df4ed80b32bb9 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1920x1080 resolution with mga driver [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] 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: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:17:08 -0000 On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:11:46PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 30/03/2011, at 13:15, Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > > 0n Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:40:30AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > >> I guess I'm stuck with 1280x1024 for now. > >> Maybe I can dig up a PCIe 8x ATI or nVidia card from somewhere.. > > > > Im not sure if will still work, but in the days of using Matrox cards I used to: > > > > 1. Download linux driver: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/ > > > > 2. Place mga_drv.o and mga_hal.drv.o into /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ > > (was /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ when i did it). > > > > This used to work and allow me have to dual-head with mga. > > > > Not sure about nowdays though - worth a shot. > > Hmm I just emailed Supermicro and they claim it doesn't support 1920x1080 anyway, what a pain. > > Time to look for an 8x PCIe card or saw some of the pins off a 16x one I suppose. I don't think there exists *any* PCI-E x8 graphics cards, but there do exist some x1 cards. See for example http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/radeon-hd-4350-pci-e-x1-edition.html -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se