Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:09:22 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andrew J. Caines" <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with VESA and 1680x1050 Message-ID: <1247497763.1745.11.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <4A5AA977.8080200@halplant.com> References: <fa8771800907121753k5cff6c18w53c21568f2f42a48@mail.gmail.com> <4A5AA977.8080200@halplant.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 23:26 -0400, Andrew J. Caines wrote: > 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 can try nouveau with and/or without my kernel patch for drm support. http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/drm-nouveau-043009.patch which should work with the current ports of libdrm and xf86-video-nouveau. http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/drm-nouveau-062309.patch should work with libdrm and nouveau from git. IGP chips should be supported. I would be interested to hear reports of success or failure either way. robert. > 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 > -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkpbTiIACgkQM4TrQ4qfROOTbwCeOLLfVNmc+8026LyX+U2Z6Oqm 3jAAn2pmoQgI19bCpH6AwZP6VSvrO54R =j92k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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