Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:04:27 +0800 From: "Janvier Pang" <janvier.roc@gmail.com> To: "Janvier Pang" <janvier.roc@gmail.com>, "Abdullah Al-Marrie" <almarrie@gmail.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can anybody change the resolution to 1280x800? Message-ID: <7deba7c00612281804k17beccb6t946a12c5f54f952e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061228183348.GA36964@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <7deba7c00612260923ja2c6eccs52e7004d7fdec33@mail.gmail.com> <499c70c0612261017yf098367u598d4ac8d191f1b1@mail.gmail.com> <20061228145033.GA35875@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <7deba7c00612280812s51089c57ie57c11e32d21c0bb@mail.gmail.com> <20061228183348.GA36964@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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Bad news... But I can not find the supported resolution list as Adam said, how could I know what resolutions my graphic card supported? I'll read the document of X.org again carefully, to see if there any solution for the resolution of my graphic card. B.Rgds. Janvier Pang On 12/29/06, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 12:12:26AM +0800, Janvier Pang wrote: > > Hi, > > > > But I'm truely believe that the vesa can use the resolution. > > > > That's because I can found such information in my log file if I use the > vesa > > driver: > > > > ... > > (II) VESA(0): Gamma: 2.20 > > (II) VESA(0): No DPMS capabilities specified; RGB/Color Display > > (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 > > ... > > > > It said that the vesa found the correct additional video mode with > 1280x800 > > resolution on my card. The problem is: how can I apply this mode? > > No, the lines you quote above refers to what the *screen* is capable of, > not > what the graphics card can supply. > > > > > > Thanks for your kindly reply. > > > > B.Rgds. > > > > Janvier Pag > > > > On 12/28/06, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > > > > > >On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 09:17:59PM +0300, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote: > > >> On 12/26/06, Janvier Pang <janvier.roc@gmail.com> 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): 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 > > > > > >No, it is not. dri/drm are for using accelerated 3D (on those cards > where > > >this is supported) and has nothing to do with which resolutions you can > > >use. > > > > > > > > >X.org 6.9 does not have any support for the X1300. There might be some > > >support > > >for it in the upcoming X.org 7.x (for x > 0), but I am not sure about > > >that. > > > > > > > > >If you are using the 'vesa' driver I believe that you can only use > those > > >modes that have been pre-programmed in the card's BIOS. 1280x800 (or > > >other > > >wide-screen resolutions) is usually not one of those. > > > > > > > > > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se >
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