On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:58:39AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/08/14 00:49 (GMT+0200) Stefan Dirsch composed:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 18:03:27 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> Xorg.0.log seems void of clues I can spot to how to escape 800x600. Using 
> >> xorg.conf
> >> from 11.2 
> >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/xorg.conf.0f-1600x1200x120x16bpp-mga113
> >> produces no apparent difference in result from no xorg.conf at all. 
> 
> > Makes no sense. HorizSync in xorg.conf shouldn't be ignored. 
> 
> It seems to me all of xorg.conf is ignored. No matter what I put in it, it 
> changes nothing.

Wrong location? Make sure that xorg.conf occurs in Xorg.0.log.

> > Hence you need to specify HorizSync/VertRefresh via
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf.
> 
> It now seems quite differently broken. With no xorg.conf, and no changes to 
> xinitrc, merely one modeline,
> regardless for what resolution, makes the difference between startup in 
> 800x600 and 2048x1536. 'Option
> "PreferredMode" "1600x1200"' is ignored, while 'DisplaySize 338 253' is 
> applied.
> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/xorg.0.log-113-mga-kt880-2048x1536 is an 
> Xorg.0.log from using one 1600x1200
> modeline copied & pasted from an 11.2 SaX2-produced xorg.conf.

Makes no sense. The issue are the HorizSync values, not any missing
modelines. With 30-37 kHz not more than 800x600 modes are possible.  Now
suddenly 28-107 kHz are used. Apparently you added these values to
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf, since there is no xorg.conf available to
be read.

> The only way I've found so far (running LXDE or KDE4) to get out of whichever 
> of 800x600 or 2048x1536 in which
> started, is via selection from krandrtray. The krandrtray select list omits 
> 1152x864 that I had put in
> 50-monitor.conf, while it offers modes I never put in: 640x480, 800x600, 
> 1024x768 & 1280x1024, in addition to
> those I did put in (at some point since your reply): 2048x1536, 1920x1440, 
> 1856x1392, 1792x1344, 1600x1200,
> 1400x1050, 1280x960.
> 
> Thus it appears that setting any modeline at all releases to availability a 
> whole slew of default modes from
> the hiding exhibited absent any modelines at all.

Standard modes like 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 & 1280x1024 are always added.

> What's the secret to getting PreferredMode honored?

It's not used by mga driver.

       Option "PreferredMode"  "string"
              This optional entry specifies a mode to be marked  as  the  pre-
              ferred  initial  mode  of  the  monitor.   (RandR 1.2-supporting
              drivers only)
                      ^^^^

> Is there some way to get
> the krandrtray selection to stick across session closes?

I guess it's still buggy. But who is still using it with a non-RANDR 1.2
capable driver like mga?

Best regards,
Stefan Dirsch

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