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Date:      Sat, 8 Mar 2003 17:40:50 -0800
From:      Matt Navarre <mnavarre@cox.net>
To:        "Miroslaw J. Wiechowski" <mjw@bahnhof.se>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel i810e graphic
Message-ID:  <200303081740.50762.mnavarre@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030309013631.020ee8a0@mail.bahnhof.se>
References:  <5.2.0.9.2.20030309013631.020ee8a0@mail.bahnhof.se>

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On Saturday 08 March 2003 04:48 pm, Miroslaw J. Wiechowski wrote:
> It seems that the X-Windows configuration problem is caused
> not only by the Intel i810 chip, but also by the monitor,
> Targa Multiscan TM 1480, which is rather old and probably the
> system cannot ask it for necessary information.

Well, the system doesn't ask it for information. You need to put the=20
appropriate horizontal and vertical sync rates in the Monitor section.

searching google didn't turn up the relevant info for this monitor though=
, Do=20
you have the users manual? that should have the relevant info in it. Ther=
e's=20
also a Monitors file in /usr/X11R6/doc in XFree86 3.3.x, but it doesn't h=
ave=20
info for your monitor and seems to have dissappeared in XFree 4.x

>
> I could achieve 640x480 display by putting "Modeline" in the
> monitor section, after some experimenting.
>
> However, mode 800x600 works badly, the image is shifted to the
> left and it cannot be helped with xidtune tweaing. I tried
> several configuration variants.
>
> Mode 1024X768 is impossible to get.
>
> Well, perhaps it's time to say goodbye to FreeBSD after such
> short acquaintance...
>
> Regards
> mjw
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier   "Monitor0"
>    VendorName   "Targa"
>    ModelName    "TM 1480 Multisync"
>    HorizSync    15.5 - 38
>    VertRefresh  43 - 90
>    # Works ok, the pictire is properly centered
>    Modeline  "640x480"   25.20  640  644  740  796   480 490 492 525 -h=
sync
> -vsync # The picture is shifted left which cannot be repaired with xvid=
tune
> Modeline  "800x600"   40.00  800  840  968 1056   600 601 605 628 +hsyn=
c
> +vsync EndSection
>
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Card0"
>    Driver      "i810"
>    VendorName  "Intel"
>    BoardName   "i810e"
>    BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
>    Option      "NoDDC" "True"
>    VideoRam    8192
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen0"
>    Device     "Card0"
>    Monitor    "Monitor0"
>    SubSection "Display"
>      Depth     16
>      Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
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