FreeBSD7/xorg/radeon: Section "Screen" totally ignored
Zbigniew Baniewski
zb at ispid.com.pl
Sat May 10 16:37:26 UTC 2008
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 04:35:46PM +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> One thing you could check on is how many xorg.conf files you have on
> the system.
Just one: /etc/xorg.conf
> try deleting all the xorg.conf file in /root and /etc/X11
> run Xorg -configure which if it behaves produces a file xorg.conf.new
> then copy xorg.conf.new to xorg.conf
Unfortunately, it gave nothing more interesting, than just using xorgconf.
> then start x, if you lucky it might start
> section 5.4.2 of the handbook covers it
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html
No, I'm afraid, the real clue I've found reading man page of xorg.conf. Yes,
I wrote "I'm afraid", because there is:
About screen-section:
Modes "mode-name" ...
This optional entry specifies the list of video modes to use.
Each mode-name specified must be in double quotes. They must
^^^^^^^^^^
correspond to those specified or referenced in the appropriate
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Monitor section (including implicitly referenced built-in VESA
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
standard modes). The server will delete modes from this list
which don't satisfy various requirements.
So, there's a need to examine appropriate section:
MONITOR SECTION
The config file may have multiple Monitor sections. [..]
Mode "name"
This is an optional multi-line entry that can be used to provide
definitions for video modes for the monitor. [..]
DotClock clock
is the dot (pixel) clock rate to be used for the mode.
HTimings hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend htotal
specifies the horizontal timings for the mode.
VTimings vdisp vsyncstart vsyncend vtotal
specifies the vertical timings for the mode.
Flags "flag" ...
specifies an optional set [..]
HSkew hskew
specifies the number of pixels [..]
VScan vscan
specifies the number [..]
So, if I properly understood, using quite modern Xorg, I've got to look for
several values of "skews & scans" (and timings, and...), like I used to over
10 years ago, in early "paleo-Linux" days... :]
--
pozdrawiam / regards
Zbigniew Baniewski
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