Re: Re: cannot get ATI Rage XL / Mach64GM to use 1600x1200 in X on a hp L2035 LCD

Miernik wrote:
> Antonino A. Daplas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Miernik wrote:
>>> (II) ATI(0): Maximum clock: 123.00 MHz
>> Your mode requires 162Mhz but the driver limits the clock to 123 Mhz.
>> I don't have an ATI card, but perhaps this maximum clock can be
>> overridden?
> 
> But up here the log says my max clock is 210 MHz:
> 
> (II) ATI(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
> (II) ATI(0): clock: 162.0 MHz   Image Size:  408 x 306 mm
> (II) ATI(0): h_active: 1600  h_sync: 1664  h_sync_end 1856 h_blank_end 2160 h_border: 0
> (II) ATI(0): v_active: 1200  v_sync: 1201  v_sync_end 1204 v_blanking: 1250 v_border: 0
> (II) ATI(0): Ranges: V min: 48  V max: 85 Hz, H min: 30  H max: 94 kHz, PixClock max 210 MHz
> 
> What is trying to limit it to 123 MHz, the card or the monitor or just
> some buggy software driver?
> 

The 210 Mhz is the maximum dotclock supported by the monitor, the 123 Mhz is
the graphics adapter's maximum (or that's what the driver thinks).  So
the driver will use the lesser of the two.

But if the framebuffer driver can do 162 MHz, then there must be a way
to make Xorg use that too...

Tony


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