Bug#440373: xserver-xorg-video-ati: server doesn't start in my preferred mode and insists on 1024x768
Jiří Paleček wrote:
> I upgraded my xorg video driver and the server won't start in my
> preferred mode 1400x1050, but instead starts in 1024x768. I followed
> the instructions in http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10423.html, but it
> only solved the problem so I have the mode and can switch into it
> through xrandr.
I don't see anything wrong in your config, except maybe the HorizSync
and VertRefresh that you could try removing.
The log says:
(II) RADEON(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) RADEON(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) RADEON(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
and
(II) RADEON(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
(II) RADEON(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
(II) RADEON(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481
484 500 -hsync -vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490
492 525 -hsync -vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "720x400" 28.32 720 738 846 900 400 412
414 449 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688
1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768" 78.80 1024 1040 1136 1312 768
769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600" 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601
604 625 +hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480" 35.00 640 664 728 816 480 483
487 507 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600" 56.75 800 848 928 1056 600 603
607 633 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768" 94.50 1024 1096 1200 1376 768
771 775 809 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1280x960" 148.25 1280 1368 1504 1728 960
963 967 1011 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1280x1024" 159.50 1280 1376 1512 1744
1024 1027 1034 1078 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1600x1200" 204.75 1600 1720 1888 2176
1200 1203 1207 1255 -hsync +vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768" 94.50 1024 1072 1168 1376 768
769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
As I understand it, the display does not say it supports 1400x1050 (or
the server filtered it out for some reason). Does it work better if you
change to a 1600x1200 or 1280x1024 modeline?
Your ModeLine has been accepted fine
(II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-0
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x85.3 184.00 1400 1464 1656
1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +hsync +vsync (93.9 kHz)
But later, we get:
(WW) RADEON(0): Option "PreferredMode" is not used
So there's something preventing the server from accepting 1400x1050 in
the beginning, but I don't where...
> However, this is not the best solution, because that way, I get
> incorrect DPI.
Did this problem really appear during this upgrade to 6.7.192. Could it
be related to a recent upgrade of gdm which changed the way the X server
is started? There's a way to con?igure it, but I don't remember how. Or
maybe it is just 6.7.192 not detecting DPI correctly.
By the way, it would be nice to report bugs using the reportbug tool.
Having to open .gz files is much more annoying than having all files
stored inline in the mail :) If you don't like reportbug, please just
attach the output of /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg/script 3>&1 without
gzipping it.
Thanks!
Brice
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