Re: lcd resolution scaling?
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 14:33, Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Sunday 17 Aug 2003 1:17 pm, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 08:44, Lee Braiden wrote:
> > > Yes, that's what I mean. If I ctrl-alt-+ to 640x480, for example, I get
> > > normal 1024x768 resolution, but only see a 640x480 window, and a few ugly
> > > copies of it in the other 'quarters'.
> >
> > Does your iBook have a Rage128 or Radeon graphics chip? This is possible
> > with the latter given the right mode definitions, but requires patching
> > aty128fb for the former.
> >
>
> No, it's a rage128. I think I saw that patch around, but wasn't sure if it
> was advisable/still necessary/etc. If you've no horror stories and such,
> I'll give it a go, but... is there a noteworthy reason that it's not included
> in the driver?
I guess nobody has cleaned it up (it hardcoded the panel resolution
based on the machine type - don't know if there's a better solution for
Rage128 based machines though) and pushed for inclusion yet.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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