Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:17:59 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Janvier Pang" <janvier.roc@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can anybody change the resolution to 1280x800? Message-ID: <499c70c0612261017yf098367u598d4ac8d191f1b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7deba7c00612260923ja2c6eccs52e7004d7fdec33@mail.gmail.com> References: <7deba7c00612260923ja2c6eccs52e7004d7fdec33@mail.gmail.com>
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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): 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
> ...
>
> After reading the manual, I add the "ModeLine" line in the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the additional video mode:
>
> ...
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "My Monitor"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 64.3
> VertRefresh 50-70
> ModeLine "1280x800" 68.9 1280 1301 1333 1408 800 804 808 816
> End Section
> ...
>
> and change "Monitor" section as following:
>
> ...
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen 1"
> Device "* Generic VESA compatible"
> Monitor "My Monitor"
> DefaultDepth 24
>
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x800"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
> ...
>
> OK, restart the X.
>
> The X was started, but the resolution is still 1024x768.
>
> I checked /var/log/Xorg.0.log carefully, and then I found the following
> message in the log file:
>
> ...
> (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
Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 330 210 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SEC"
ModelName "3845"
option "DPMS"
EndSection
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
I'm able to use 1280x800
PS: Xorg 7.2 may has a driver for your ATI video card, I hope it will
be released soon.
--
Regards,
-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/
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