Re: radeonfb, unusual screen resolutions

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.fbdev.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Lars Noschinski wrote:
> As 1280x1024 is not 4:3 and 1600x1200 is not usuable with my screen, I
> like to use a resolution like 1400x1050. This was no problem with
> rivafb, but radeonfb (on a Radeon 9100) displays crap with all 1400x1050
> modes from modedb.c. A user defined 1400x1050 resolution under Windows
> works, but if I convert the timings and add it in the modedb I get the
> same unusable display:
> 
> There is a narrow stripe, starting in the upper left corner, which goes
> diagonal to the right border and start on the same height on the left
> border again. It is impossible to read anything, but it is stable and
> colors are ok.

Does it work if you increase the virtual horizontal resolution to a multiple of
64, e.g. 1408?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds



-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: 
Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! 
No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server
http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.