Re: lcd resolution scaling?
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 still have to
> > try vga=ask or something...
>
> No VGA on Macs. You'd probably have to use fbset with suitable modes
> defined in /etc/fb.modes .
Of course. I was confusing video= and vga= :)
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- Lee.
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