Sottek, Matthew J wrote: > Tom, > The 830M and 845G chipsets drivers do mode setting through the video > bios in order to support the 3rd party Flat Panel and TV encoders that may > be present in the systems. This probably prevents you from getting the > mode you want. > The i810 and i815 systems program their modes directly, so they have a > much wider set of available modes. > > It may be possible for your system provider to make a custom vbios that > supports the 848x480 mode you are seeking, but as far as I know there is > no configuration changes you could make to solve the problem. (I am not an > expert on the 830/845 driver so there may be other options available that > I am not aware of)
thanks for the response Matt. If I use a pci graphics card, will that still have to go through the vbios? Is there a pci card out there that can program the mode directly or is this always going to be a restriction by the 845 system? I need something quick to work now :-(. damn > -Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Fishwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Xpert]i810 driver on the 845 trying to do 848x480 > > > Hi there, > > I am in some rather desperate need of help. I am trying to get the i810 > driver to drive an i845 board at 848x480 (for a plasma screen) and > am getting the message that no matching modes are found in my config > file, and then it shows a list of modes that bios supports. > > Is there some way that I can force the use of a modeline? ignore the > bios? I don't really know X in depth... but the i810 driver worked with > the i815 and i810 board with X 4.1 at 848x480 with a modeline I > constructed. I'm hoping the capability is there, it's just some config > stuff. > > Anyhow, this is critical to our business to work. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. > > thanks, > Tom > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
