Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:01:27 -0600 (CST) From: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] irda and setting console resolution
On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Tory wrote: > > That's just the point - it seems that the Neomagic chip in the Libretto > either autodetects as 800x600, or that 800x480 is such an oddball > resolution that it never occurred to the Linux driver developers to look > for it. The neomagic devices are apparently pretty poorly supported, due > to (until relatively recently, at least) lack of documentation. I had > the exact same issue with X windows insisting on 800x600, until I found > an option that let me say "No, really - I know what I'm talking about, > so please stop rejecting the modeline I'm giving you". > > tory Hmmm..I looked at the way they are setting up the monitor in the driver and found they are not actually really checking the monitor for the default size but pretty much going by standard monitor sizes. Pain. Anyway thanks for the info on the patch--installed and working well--on the vesa driver, while it did set up the correct size, my screen would scramble when I exited x into the shell--doesn't do it on the Neomagic driver. john > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
