Bug#482861: xserver-xorg-video-ati: radeon / ati driver wants to kill my monitor

["Teemu Ikonen" <tpikonen@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> ARGH!  The xserver is picking a mode the monitor doesn't like:
> (II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 using initial mode 1600x1024
> rather than one from the edid since the edid doesn't specify a
> preferred mode.  Things should work better with a newer xserver.
> Alternatively, you can specify a preferred mode by adding a monitor
> section linked to the output in question and setting the
> "PreferredMode" option.  See these pages for more:
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

Thanks for your help, setting the modeline and preferredmode to
something sensible solved this.

It seems that the problem was caused by my monitor reporting modes via
DDC which it cannot actually display. I.e. something like "1600x1280".
I hope newer xservers are more conservative in believing the DDC data
and setting the initial mode :)

Teemu