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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] (II) NV(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 317
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:33:24
Message-Id: 20100716093217.19e8954e@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] (II) NV(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 317 by Erik
1 On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:14:34 +0200, Erik wrote:
2
3 > My /etc/make.conf has VIDEO_CARDS="nv" but I thought it was obvious from
4 > the "NV" in the log message. The actual hardware is reported by lspci as
5 > "01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce
6 > 9600M GS] (rev a1)". I tried to use read-edid see what EDID shows, but
7 > the call failed (see other message). How would I know if xorg tried to
8 > read EDID and whether it worked?
9
10 It should appear in the log file. The nvidia driver has UseEdid and
11 UseEdidDpi options that you could set to False to have it ignore the EDID
12 information, I don't know if nv has equivalent options.
13
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16 Neil Bothwick
17
18 I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.

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