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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:03:23 +0530
From:      "Gautham Ganapathy" <gautham@lisphacker.org>
To:        Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
Cc:        Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X11: 1280x768
Message-ID:  <fe7944830811110533r743aad1fkf1a6f6710e0eacc4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200811111343.34729.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Mel
<fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 November 2008 13:28:53 Pieter Donche wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Mel wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:12:06 Pieter Donche wrote:
>> >> On the same portable there is also a SUSE Linux 10.1 and WinXP, which
>> >> works in 1280x768 (so the hardware can use this resolution)
>> >>
>> >> In /var/log/Xorg.0.log is see many references to 1280x768 for the 'local
>> >> flat panel' , PanelID returned panel resolution: 1280x768, also
>> >> Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
>> >> 3 lines
>> >> (||) 1810(0): Modeline "1280x768"x0.0  (followed by varying numbers and
>> >> a KhZ to end)
>> >> follewed y
>> >> Mode: 30 (640x480)
>> >>    (specifications)
>> >> diffenrent Mode sections but 1024x768 at the highest
>> >> ..
>> >> (||) |810(0): Not using mode "1280x768i (no mode of that name)
>> >
>> >                                       ^^^
>> > If this is accurate, you seem to have a trailing letter 'i' in your
>> > xorg.conf that invalidates the mode line.
>> >
>> > And you're using an Intel 810 integrated graphics card. Sadly, that
>> > doesn't come with probing tool that I know of that would print the
>> > information the card and monitor exchange about syncrates and display
>> > sizes.
>> >
>> > Rule out the typo first though.
>> >
>> > I have a vague recollection of this card putting 1024x768 before 1280x768
>> > in the mode list it returns, so that it defaults to 1024x768, but I'm not
>> > sure where or when I read that. Either way, hardcoding the desired
>> > modeline (without typos) in xorg.conf should work.
>> > If there was no typo, please paste your entire xorg.conf into the mail.
>> > We may be missing something obvious.
>> > --
>> > Mel
>> >
>> > Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
>> >    and never get to the software part.
>>
>> There was only a typo in my mail, not in xorg.conf..
>>
>> In included below my xorg.conf file and the Xorg.0.log
>
> Rearranging for clarity:
>
>> ------------------
>> xorg.conf
>> ------------------
>
>
>> Section "Screen"
>>       Identifier "Screen0"
>>       Device     "Card0"
>>       Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>       SubSection "Display"
>>               Viewport   0 0
>>               Depth     1
>>               Modes     "1280x768"
>>       EndSubSection
>
>
>> (II) I810(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
>> (II) I810(0): #0: hsize: 1280  vsize 800  refresh: 60  vid: 129
>
> I was already wondering why a card would report 1280x768, it's not the
> standard for that width, 1280x800 is. Try changing the modes to 1280x800. How
> the 768 ends up in the detection is probably something for the i810 driver
> developers to figure out.
> --
> Mel
>
> Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
>    and never get to the software part.
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I used to get a somewhat similar problem on my laptop which has a
resolution of 1440x900. It was initially setup through xorgconfig as
1024x768 with the nv driver, but the fonts looked extremely blurred.
When I manually set the resolution to 1440x900, X gave an error that
there were no available modes to match this resolution. Finally, I had
to switch to the nvidia binary driver (after removing freebsd amd64
and installing i386) , which accepted this resolution.

Perhaps, there is a more specific driver for that chipset than the i810 driver?



-- 
Gautham Ganapathy
http://lisphacker.org



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