Thread (10 messages) 10 messages, 2 authors, 2004-12-16

Re: Re: [PATCH] GeForce 5200 on rivafb

From: Antonino A. Daplas <hidden>
Date: 2004-12-15 20:02:58

On Tuesday 14 December 2004 15:51, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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"AAD" == Antonino A Daplas [off-list ref] writes:
AAD> Can you try this patch and enable nvidiafb-i2c. It adds your monitor
model AAD> to the database of displays with broken edid's and attempts a
fix. It AAD> checks first if the monitor is GTF capable, and if it is, sets
the input AAD> type from digital to analog. (I don't think digital inputs
can be GTF AAD> capable).

AAD> Apply this patch too, I forgot to adjust the checksum.

Thanks as always for a quick help.

With those two patches, your fixup message appears in the boot
log 6 times (is it expected?).  The monitor does not go blank
Yes, it should be printed only once. 
anymore; it safely defaults to CRTCNumber 0.  Overall, it is as
if I am using your nvidiafb driver without nvidia-i2c ;-).
No, of course not.  There are certain advantages:

1. Without boot options, your display will automatically go to
   1024x768@85 Hz, since this is the preferred timing.

2. The driver will refuse modes that exceeds the monitor's operating.

3.  Because your display is GTF capable, all you need to do is:

fbset -xres 1600 -yres 1200 /* xres and yres can be any value */

and as long as #2 is satisfied, the modeline for 1600x1200 at the highest
refresh rate will be computed, no need to enter a modline in /etc/fb.modes.

Tony




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