Re: X on G4 with ATI Rage 128 Pro and LCD Panel
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Stefan Kluth wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote:
> > append="video=aty128fb:" works for me with yaboot.
> I also couldn't get your first suggestion ("current" as mode and depth 8
> in XF86Config) to work, the server always deleted all modelines. I tried
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "FBDev"
> Device "Linux Frame Buffer Device"
> Monitor "LCD Panel"
> DefaultColorDepth 8
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "current"
> #Virtual 1280 960
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
It's `default', not `current'.
> Oh, and fbset -x (when running with video=ofonly) tells me
>
> mac108:/home/skluth# fbset -x
>
> Mode "1024x768"
> # D: 100.000 MHz, H: 93.985 kHz, V: 116.318 Hz
> DotClock 100.001
> HTimings 1024 1040 1048 1064
> VTimings 768 784 792 808
> Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
> EndMode
>
> which has almost twice as much vertical refresh than Apple says? Should I
> paste this into XF86Config? Or will I smoke-test the display?
That's normal. Offb doesn't know the real values and fills in some dummies.
Perhaps it'd better fill in values so vrefresh is always 60 Hz?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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