Re: Help with X on iBook?
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> I just had an interesting idea: The flat panel code could never determine the
> panel dimensions because our machines don't have a BIOS. So I specified them
> with
>
> Option "PanelWidth" "1024"
> Option "PanelHeight" "768"
>
> and it works without any of the options I have mentioned here a thousand
> times! (iBook users will have to use 800 and 600 of course) This kind of
> enables mode switching, but everyone should be aware that *this may damage
> your panel* . You've been warned.
>
>
> Now I just wonder if we could detect the panel dimensions somehow...
>From the OF device tree? And return it to userspace using a new fbdev ioctl()?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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