Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:47 -0400 From: "Andrew J. Caines" <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with VESA and 1680x1050 Message-ID: <4A5AA977.8080200@halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <fa8771800907121753k5cff6c18w53c21568f2f42a48@mail.gmail.com> References: <fa8771800907121753k5cff6c18w53c21568f2f42a48@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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