Re: Misconfigured framebuffer

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 00:31, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> 
> Before starting freedesktop's Xfbdev fbset reports
> 
> mode "240x320-81"
>         # D: 7.143 MHz, H: 26.752 kHz, V: 81.067 Hz
>         geometry 240 320 240 320 16

[...]

> If i start Xfbdev with no options, after closing fbset reports          
>  
> 
> mode "240x320-385"
>         # D: 75.002 MHz, H: 137.871 kHz, V: 385.115 Hz
>         geometry 240 320 1024 768 16

[...]

> Its set the virtual resolution to 1024x768, and modified the pixclocks
> as well.

Yes, the fbdev backend was changed to default to 1024x768 at some point.

> It doesnt seem like a good long term solution to hard code configuration
> data, shouldnt reasonable default values be obtainable via the
> framebuffer ?

Absolutely, I think it should default to the currently active mode.


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