Re: Can't set resolution below 1280x1024 on RH9

Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.xfree86
Message-ID <[email protected]>
try actually posting a bug report on http://bugs.xfree86.org/ rather
than posting to the xfree86 ML.  that ML gets so much traffic stuff an
get lost.  Usually with a bug report the maintainer actually takes a
look at the problem.  At least that's been my experience.

Alex

--- Dave Reed <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 04 September 2003 09:48, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > I'd post a bug report on http://bugs.xfree86.org/
> > That's usually your best bet if it's a driver bug.  Unfortunately,
> I'm
> > not too familiar with the r128 driver since I have no hardware.
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> > --- Michael Keightley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:54:03AM -0700, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > > the driver seems to be rejecting all modes except 1400x1050 and
> > > > 1280x1024.  I'm not sure why off hand.  you might try
> generating a
> > > > custom modeline for 1024x768.  Did 1024x768 work in a previous
> > > version
> > > > of xfree86?  I seem to recall a similar discuss a while back on
> 
> one
> > > of
> > > > the xfree86 ML's but I don't remember what the outcome was.
> > > It worked with Red Hat 7.2.  This looks like the same problem - 
> > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/rh-xf/msg00767.html, so it looks
> like 
> it
> > > worked in
> > > Red Hat 8.0.
> > > 
> > > Michael
> 
> 
> That was me with the above problem referenced in the URL.
> 
> I did try posting to the xfree86.org mailing list. I only need
> 1024x768 for connecting it to a projector. The suggestions I got were
> to try configuring it with the project connected, but that didn't
> work
> either (I don't remember exactly what happened).  It definitely
> appears to be a driver change between the XFree86 that came with Red
> Hat 8.0 and the one that came with Red Hat 9.
> 
> I'd love to hear a solution, but have not spent any more time on it
> recently.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 


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