Dell M4400 && Xorg-vesa && 1920x1200 res?

[Pieter de Goeje]

On Thursday 14 May 2009 11:57:00 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El día Thursday, May 14, 2009 a las 11:45:15AM +0200, Pieter de Goeje escribió:
> 
> > On Thursday 14 May 2009 10:46:17 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > > I've a brand new Dell M4400 laptop running CURRENT; the nVidia
> > > Corporation Quadro FX 770M
> > > ship is currently not fully supported by the nouveau driver and I'm
> > > bound to 'vesa' driver for that, at least for the moment. The resolution
> > > of the laptop is normally 1920x1200, but 'vesa' seems not been willing to
> > > use this res. even if the Xorg.0.log has lines saying that there is an
> > > internal mode like that but not being used:
> > > 
> > Have you considered using the 'nv' driver? I think it supports your graphics card.
> 
> Yes; but this gives:
> 
> $ X -retro
> 
> X.Org X Server 1.6.0
> Release Date: 2009-2-25
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT i386 
> Current Operating System: FreeBSD current 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD
> 8.0-CURRENT #1: Mo
> n May 11 13:31:04 UTC 2009
> guru at current:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REBELION-CURREN
> T i386
> Build Date: 28 April 2009  11:44:04AM
>  
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 14 11:51:19 2009
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (EE) No devices detected.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> and /var/log/Xorg.0.log has:
> 
> ...
> (--) PCI:*(0 at 1:0:0) nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 770M rev 161, Mem @ 0xf5000000/16777216,
> 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf2000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000df00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
> ...
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01 at 00:00:0
> (WW) NV: Ignoring unsupported device 0x10de065c (Quadro FX 770M) at 01 at 00:00:0
> (EE) No devices detected.
> 
> maybe I could fake the  id 0x10de065c to something known my the 'nv'
> driver? any idea?
> 
> 	matthias
> 
You could try that, but I see that you're running 32bit FreeBSD, which should enable
you to use te nvidia binary driver (x11/nvidia-driver).
I know it works excellent on my laptop (i386, 7-STABLE w/ GeForce 8400M).

-- 
Pieter de Goeje