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On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 09:01:21AM -0700, Bob Sanders wrote |
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> Too bad neither work 100%. Neither will produce - |
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> # Modelines for 1600SW MultiLink |
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> ModeLine "512x384" 19.392 512 528 592 640 384 385 388 404 |
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> ModeLine "512x384" 21.978 512 528 592 640 384 385 388 494 |
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> ModeLine "1280x1024@60" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync |
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> ModeLine "1600x1024" 103.125 1600 1600 1656 1664 1024 1024 1029 1030 HSkew 7 +Hsync +Vsync |
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> Why should the driver disallow valid modes? Both ATI and Nvidia |
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> drivers do so - |
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> ATI - won't do 1600x1024, monitor SGI FP1600SW |
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> Nvidia - won't do 1280x768, monitor Viewsonic N1700W |
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> And it's not just Linux. These rejections are for WinXX as well. |
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> Funny thing - Nvidia works fine (except the one 6600 card I have) |
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> at 1600x1024, and ATI works fine at 1280x768 (but the chip on the |
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> 9250 died - a full 4 months of life). |
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Maybe the reason that asking for 16/10 didn't generate 1600x1024 is |
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because 1600x1024 != 16/10 <g>. I went back and specifically asked |
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for 1600x1024 at the ilog.fr site, and I got a working modeline for my |
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6-year-old ATI (Mach64 chipset). |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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