On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > Now if I could only
> > figure out how to get rid of a dozen VESA resolutions that also show
> > up in these lists.
>
> If you use the proprietary nvidia drivers, you can use the following
> option line in the Device section of xorg.conf:
>
> Option "ModeValidation" "NoVesaModes"
>
> From the README.txt file that accompanies the nvidia proprietary drivers:
>
>
> o "NoVesaModes": when constructing the mode pool for a display device,
> the X driver uses a built-in list of VESA modes as one of the mode
> sources; this argument disables use of these built-in VESA modes.
Tactical question: my somewhat elderly Nvidia chip (GeForce2
MX/MX400) seems to be on the list of chips supported by the
proprietary drivers. Should I bother installing these drivers in my
equally elderly Fedora Core 3 system, or wait until I upgrade to
Fedora 8 or equivalent?
I presume that inserting "NoVesaModes" in xorg.conf will have no
useful effect on the open-source driver. Maybe even cause it not to
start. I'll probably try that some time later today, just out of
curiosity.
carl
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