Bug#448983: xserver-xorg-video-intel: ignores Modes and minimum VertRefresh to always choose 1280x1024@60Hz for Intel g33 chipset
Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Worse yet, only the VGA one is documented in the intel man page. However,
> when I tried
>
> Option "Monitor-VGA-1" "Sony CPD-15SF2"
>
> encouraged by your remark above but contrary to the man page that (finally)
> solved the issue of having a good refresh rate right from startx. That is,
> my special modeline was finally recognized, and the "PreferredMode" option
> worked for the first time. So I am a happy camper after a couple of days
> struggle with this. Thanks very much for your help and especially the
> informed guess above!
Ok, now I'd like to find out why the driver uses VGA-1 on your board
instead of VGA. It's usually when there are 2 VGA outputs.
What kind of machine is this and what kind of monitor can you plug on
it?
> 1. Put a reference to the HowTo in the xorg.conf man page at the first
> mention of RandR. There is a lot of other RandR stuff in that man page
> now, and the HowTo reference would make sense of it.
>
> 2. Change the intel man page so that it is clear VGA and VGA-1 are accepted
> in the above Option command. Right now it says only VGA which screwed me
> up completely with regard to adding a special modeline and using the
> "PreferredMode" option.
Right, I'll try to make upstream improve the manpages accordingly.
Brice
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