Re: I810(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)

[Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, John Hayward wrote:

> Dear XFree People,
>   I recently upgraded my machine - uses NetBSD-3.0 OS, Gateway FPD1930 
> Display, with I810 built-in video and XFree86 V 4.5.0.
>   X detects various video modes from the monitor which don't seem to be 
> rejected because of timing yet when are specified in the Display subsection 
> of the Monitor section are discarded because it reports ...no mode of this 
> name...
>   I even manually set up a mode with a unique name and yet X still rejects 
> it because of ...no mode of this name...
>   It uses a built-in mode of 480x640 (one of the ones it detected).
>   How do I get it to use a different mode?
>   Below are the XF86Config and XFree86.0.log files
> ==== XF86Config ===

	[...]

> Section "Monitor"
> 	#DisplaySize	  380   300	# mm
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "GWY"
> 	Mode "1024x1280JCH"
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>                DotClock 135.0
> 		HTimings 1280 1328 1440 1688
>                VTimings 1024 1025 1028 1066
> 	EndMode
> 	ModelName    "FPD1930"
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
> EndSection

	[...]

> Section "Screen"
>        Defaultdepth 16
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     1
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     4
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     8
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     15
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
>                Virtual 1024 780
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> 		Depth     16
>                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "1280x1024JCH"
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     32
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection

First, "1024x1280JCH" != "1280x1024JCH".

Secondly, your Virtual specification will limit the physical modes you can 
end up with.

Marc.

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