Re: toshiba video problem
On Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:10:01 +0200, Felix Miata
<mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I found this:
><https://support.dynabook.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=638291&isFromTOCLink=false>
>
>If this matches your laptop, the native display resolution is 1440x900, which
>should be what we are shooting to acquire by our efforts. If this is not a match,
>please provide your display specifications, if not the whole laptop's, so we can
>be sure what we are trying isn't wasted effort. Judging from the log, the display
>seems to be a 1024x768, which for most people nowadays is a fallback resolution
>resulting from broken driver configuration.
>
>Noah Sombrero composed on 2022-04-03 18:04 (UTC-0400):
>
>> But here is the content of that log file
>
>I saved it, removed the wraps, and uploaded it in case anyone else cares to see it
>as it probably originated:
><https://paste.debian.net/1236714/>
>
>> root=UUID=618bff41-43d2-4667-b963-08cbb5b28932 ro all_generic_ide=1 quiet
>
>I've never seen all_generic_ide=1 before. Searching the internet it seems very
>likely to be obsolete. The newest hit I noticed is over 10 years old. It does not
>appear in:
>https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>Consequently, unless you somehow know you need it, I suggest removing it, so that
>the kernel and IRQ population are not burdened by any possible undesirable
>effect(s) on I/O.
>
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): EDID (in hex):
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 00ffffffffffff002e0d000000000000
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 0409010280000000e200000000000000
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 00000000080001010101010101010101
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 01010101010164190040410026301888
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 36000000000000180000000000000000
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 00000000000000000000000000000000
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 00000000000000000000000000000000
>> [ 77.837] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 000000000000000000000000000000ff
>
>I've never seen so many zero's in EDID before. It, along with your offset problem,
>makes me suspicious that it's broken.
>
>I suggest to try saving as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf, the following,
>containing rather generic sync & refresh specs[1]:
>
>Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "DefaultMonitor"
> VendorName "Toshiba"
> ModelName "p25s509"
> HorizSync 30-81
> VertRefresh 59-61
> Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
>EndSection
Tried this, tried to save it. Response is that I do not have
permission to save a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
>After restarting Xorg or rebooting, if the results aren't to your liking, upload
>Xorg.0.log somewhere, somehow, without wrapping - or, attach the log to your
>email. Please do not copy and paste unless you also disable your emailer's
>automatic line wrapping functionality.
>
>Meanwhile if you wish while waiting on a response, remove the file, start X as you
>normally would, open a terminal, and try changing refresh and/or modes using man
>xrandr and xrandr. You may find a combination that correctly centers.
>
>[1] If you manage to collect your display's actual sync and refresh specs, through
>hwinfo or otherwise, please substitute them.
--
Noah Sombrero
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