Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:44:43 -0500 From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia Drivers Released ! Message-ID: <200211091344.43911.behanna@zbzoom.net> In-Reply-To: <20021109153436.3db489af.kaeesalm@cc.jyu.fi> References: <000801c2871c$1d5ad000$130210ac@vvs> <200211090416.09697.dolmant@dolmant.net> <20021109153436.3db489af.kaeesalm@cc.jyu.fi>
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On Saturday 09 November 2002 08:34 am, Karo Salminen wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 04:16:09 -0700
>
> Matt Jibson <dolmant@dolmant.net> wrote:
> > > I can't use my custom modelines
> >
> > I had a similar problem until I modified my device section (the
> > final two Option entries):
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Card0"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > VendorName "Generic"
> > BoardName "nv"
> > Option "NvAgp" "3"
> > Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
> > Option "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
> > EndSection
>
> Those options had no effect. From log:
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not probing EDIDs.
>
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x960":
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync width (1656 - 1344 = 312) greater
> than 256
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1024x768":
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync width (1344 - 1080 = 264) greater
> than 256
>
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0:
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Mode "800x600": 63.1 MHz, 54.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
>
> [...snip dmesg...]
>
> Any ideas?
Tweak your modelines so that the horiz. sync width is less than 256?
IIt's just a wild thought. :-)
xvidtune could be of considerable help to you, as could chapter 10
("XFree86 Configuration in Depth") of Greg Lehey's book, _The Complete
FreeBSD_. This chapter has a discussion of how to compute modelines
yourself from first principles.
--
Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com
Principal Consultant
PennaSoft Corporation
chris@pennasoft.com
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