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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:06:52 +0200
From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>
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Subject: Re: X.Org refuses to use other modes than 640x480 60Hz (radeon)
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 06:44:38PM +1000, Taylor,Luk wrote:
> exactly the same problem i was experiencing on Freebsd 5.2 current... i tought it broke so i try to switch back to XFree86-4.3, however, there was no way going back.
> 
> Is the Radeon 9600 driver broken on X.org ??

I have seen similar problems with the 'via' driver, and now than I think
about it, in all the cases the monitors were Iiyama ones.

All video modes were listed as invalid, except 1600x1200 by 60Hz.

The monitor DDC information may be the culprit here.

-- 
Francois Tigeot