On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 03:36:38AM +0200, Adriaan wrote:
> On 8/25/07, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just got a laptop (Acer Aspire 5100 `series') with a Radeon video card
> > (X1300) and a WXGA screen - 1200x800. It was a good deal, but the ATI
> > video card had me worried.
> >
> > Am I correct in thinking that there is no way to get X to display
> > 1200x800, other than:
> > - convincing Acer to get the BIOS fixed
> > - convincing ATI to release docs or a proper free driver
> > - switching to another OS (Linux has a proprietary driver from ATI, and
> > Windows of course works fine)?
> > I'm perfectly fine with no hardware acceleration, but getting the proper
> > aspect ratio would be nice.
> > I'll have to make do with `vesa' at 1200x1024 otherwise - which is okay,
> > but not as nice as I was hoping.
> >
> [snip]
>
> (II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
> (II) VESA(0): clock: 68.9 MHz Image Size: 331 x 207 mm
> (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1301 h_sync_end 1333
> h_blank_end 1408 h_border: 0
> (II) VESA(0): v_active: 800 v_sync: 804 v_sync_end 808 v_blanking:
> 816 v_border: 0
>
> Have you tried to create a Modeline with the "Supported additional
> Video Mode" info.
> as described in
> http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes#head-d174fd476064edf62ed05d71d8a91b3dc4307324
> ?
Yes, as the link you posted shows the vesa driver only does a certain
resolution if the BIOS supports it; and in this case, the BIOS does not.
And yes, I did try writing a modeline (I found one online for a Dell
screen with the same dimensions), but X refuses to even try it.
Joachim
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