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Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> posted |
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20080305003202.GM2088@××××××××××××××××××××××××××.edu, excerpted below, on |
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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:32:02 -0800: |
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> Don't think the radeon driver does dual-link yet, although I could be |
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> wrong. With single link, you can do about 1900x1200 on a |
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> reduced-blanking mode. These modes were designed for LCDs so they should |
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> be fine on one. |
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> It's called reduced blanking because CRTs used to require the vertical |
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> blanking time to aim the gun back up to the top left of the monitor from |
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> the bottom right, but LCDs no longer require that. |
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Rats on the dual-link, but thanks. I don't suppose there's anything else |
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with freedomware drivers that handles it, either, right? That has sort |
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of been the problem, AFAIK, until AMD/ATI's turn around, there basically |
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/wasn't/ anything modern and free, at least other than Intel's onboard |
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stuff. |
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Do you happen to have any links to info on either reduced blanking, or |
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even just the normal modeline differences and etc. for LCD? Maybe a |
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LCDs for CRT users on Linux guide. I'm pretty clueless at this point, |
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wondering about basics such as how non-native resolutions are handled, |
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if, probably with some adjustments in what one plugs in, Cola's modeline |
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generator might still work, etc, and it's not like I've seen a HOWTO or |
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other articles on the subject, like the ones I learned RAID/LVM/IPTables/ |
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etc from. Thus if you could point me at something I'd sure be grateful! |
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=8^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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