Re: XFBdev resolution platinum 7200/90

[cesagbo@b2b2c.ca]

Quoting Michel Lanners <mlan@cpu.lu>:

> On  12 Sep, this message from cesagbo@b2b2c.ca echoed through
> cyberspace:
> > Quoting Michel Lanners <mlan@cpu.lu>:
> >> >       In this condition X use 800x600 résolution.  I understand
> that
> >> the 800 x600 mode need to be initialised before, or else it goes
> >> 640x480.  How can i pré-initialize the monitor mode so i can start
> X
> >> directly.  When i use: fbset 800x600-60 the framebuffer comply but
> X
> >> doesn`t care unless i use the "trick".
> >> 
> >> Hmm, have you tried 'fbset -a <mode>' like I suggested? Do you have
> a
> >> Mac<->VGA adapter? Old Macs don't do DDC (like modern i386 grafic
> >> cards), but rather have three pins on the DB15 Mac monitor
> connector,
> >> and the monitor indicates its type (and hence its capabilities) by
> >> some
> >> 
> >   What the -a switch mean in fbset -a <mode>.  It doesn`t appear in
> the manual.
> 
> -a forces fbset to change all virtual consoles at once.
> 
> >   What is DDC?
> 
> 'Display Data Channel'. It's the way by which a computer can query the
> monitor's capabilities.
> 
> >   Why do the monitor isn`t probed when i used the trick with fbzen and
> <ctrl-c>?
> 
> On old Macs (older than very recent; nothing to do with
> oldworld/newwolrd), there is no other way to probe the monitor than
> look
> at the sense value reported by the monitor's connector (which is a
> static code).
> 
> It seems your monitor, probably through a misconfigured VGA <-> Mac
> adaptor, identifies itself as a fixed 14" monitor, doing only 640x480.
> 
Yes, it is possible.  My adaptator, for the monitor, his a modified one.  It is definitely not stock.  Mac os 9.1 is only able of using 640x480.  Up to now, only the framebuffer can use 800x600 without sp?cial tricks.
I think you might be right, i guess the adaptor is in cause.  Thanks a lot, for all the time you spent, on my case.
When i`ll be home tonight, my new kernel 2.2.20(with a s?curity patch) will be installed giving me: 2 monitors using framebuffer.  One Atyfb for X end one Platinum for normal console.

                                          Charles-?loi  ;^)
P.S.: I`m looking for a 2.4.x kernel that has a good s?curity patch against buffer overflow and other vuln?rability`s.