Carl Lowenstein wrote:
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?
If it's not bothering you to not have the accelerated 3D then I'd wait
until after upgrading before bothering with the proprietary drivers. You
might not want to bother even after upgrading. The only reason I use the
proprietary drivers is because of the TV out.
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.
Options that aren't recognized are ignored. You might see something in
the logs about an invalid option, but that should be it.
Gus
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