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On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 02:56:09PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote |
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> Thanks for the ideas. "video=VGA-1:1920x1080@60" (as indicated by |
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> xrandr) didn't work well. The text console showed 2 copies of the |
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> screen side-by each. Imagine working with the "screen" or "tmux" |
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> program, or the vim ":vsplit" command. And it was offset 3/4 inch down |
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> and to the right. X Window showed only one image, but the down and |
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> right shift was still there. I couldn't see the autoraising menubar at |
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> the bottom of the screen in ICEWM, so it was unusable. |
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> "video=VGA-1:1920x1080@60m", where the "m" is to allow some margin in |
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> the calculations, got rid of the double image in text console, but the |
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> down and right shift was still there in both the text console, and X. |
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> I tried sticking "xrandr -s 1920x1080" in my .xinitrc. It "works", |
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> but the fonts are noticably "fatter" after a disconnected boot versus |
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> a connected boot. |
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> I ran "cp /sys/class/drm/card0/card0-VGA-1/edid my_edid.bin" and I'll |
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> try loading it in the kernel later today. |
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Plan A |
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[d531][root][~] get-edid > my_edid.bin |
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This is read-edid version 3.0.1. Prepare for some fun. |
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Attempting to use i2c interface |
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Looks like no busses have an EDID. Sorry! |
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Attempting to use the classical VBE interface |
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Illegal instruction |
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Plan B |
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I generated an xorg.conf file (Xorg -configure), dumped it in /etc/X11 |
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and inserted... |
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Option "ModeDebug" "True" |
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as per https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-992752.html |
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The result I got in the log was... |
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(WW) intel(0): Option "ModeDebug" is not used |
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...this was getting annoying |
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Remember what I mentioned about "fatter" fonts? This brought back |
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memories of the bad old days when we needed a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file |
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to run X. DPI was one of the things we worried about. After much |
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experimentation, I inserted the line... |
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/usr/bin/xterm -e xrandr -s 1920x1080 && xrandr --dpi 96 & |
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...into my .xinitrc, and every thing looks just fine inside X. In case |
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you were wondering, no... |
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/usr/bin/xterm -e xrandr -s 1920x1080 --dpi 96 & |
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...does *NOT* work. Yes, the setup is a kludge, but it works. |
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-- |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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