Re: lenny: cannot increase screen resolution

[Luis Mondesi <lemsx1@gmail.com>]

On May 21, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Alexander Rozhkov wrote:

> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> 	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
> 	HorizSync    30-111 # horizontal refresh frequencies
>  	VertRefresh  50-160 # vertical refresh frequencies
> EndSection

Are those the right values for your monitor's horizontal refresh rate?  
Try to use the real values there. Hint: usually they are behind your  
monitor on a sticker or you can look them up online.

> Section "Device"
>        ### Available Driver options are:-
>        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>        ### [arg]: arg optional
>        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
>        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# [<str>]
>        #Option     "offscreensize"      	# [<str>]
>        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
>        #Option     "ignoreconnector"    	# [<str>]
>        #Option     "forcereduced"       	# [<bool>]
>        #Option     "forcedpi"           	# <i>
>        #Option     "useconfiguredmonitor" 	# [<bool>]
>        #Option     "HPD"                	# <str>
>        #Option     "NoRandr"            	# [<bool>]
>        #Option     "RRUseXF86Edid"      	# [<bool>]
>        #Option     "RROutputOrder"      	# [<str>]
>        #Option     "TVMode"             	# [<str>]
> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "radeonhd"
> 	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
> 	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection

ATI using radeonhd driver... Interesting. I'd try with ati or even vesa.

> Section "Modes"
> Identifier "Modes[0]"
> #	Modeline "1280x1024" 109.62  1280 1336 1472 1720  1024 1024 1026  
> 1062
> 	Modeline "1280x1024" 156.43 1280 1312 1904 1936 1024 1043 1056 1076
> EndSection

Get rid of this section altogether (modes).

Now, on the "screen" section, make it just:

> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes "1280x1024"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection


> (==) RADEONHD(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (**) RADEONHD(0): Selected ShadowFB.
> (II) RADEONHD(0): Unknown card detected: 0x9501:0x1787:0x2244.
> 	If - and only if - your card does not work or does not work optimally
> 	please contact radeonhd@opensuse.org to help rectify this.
> 	Use the subject: 0x9501:0x1787:0x2244: <name of board>
> 	and *please* describe the problems you are seeing
> 	in your message.
> (--) RADEONHD(0): Detected an RV670 on an unidentified card
> (II) RADEONHD(0): Mapped IO at 0xb7ab0000 (size 0x00010000)
> (II) RADEONHD(0): Getting BIOS copy from legacy VBIOS location
> (II) RADEONHD(0): ATOM BIOS Rom:
> 	SubsystemVendorID: 0x1787 SubsystemID: 0x2244
> 	IOBaseAddress: 0xd000
> 	Filename: SB33901.025
> 	BIOS Bootup Message:

It looks like radeonhd does not like your card.