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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:35:06
Message-Id: 201101030033.28755.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size by felix@crowfix.com
1 On Sunday 02 January 2011 21:18:14 felix@×××××××.com wrote:
2 > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 01:07:40PM -0800, walt wrote:
3 > > On 01/02/2011 11:25 AM, felix@×××××××.com wrote:
4 > > > My 1.9.2 upgrade didn't lose the keys, but it thinks the screen has
5 > > > fewer pixels than before, and what it does use is pushed off to the
6 > > > right (there is a column down the left side, roughly 10-20% of the
7 > > > screen, which is inaccessible).
8 > > >
9 > > > I've included 3 logs -- the working 1.8.2, the failing 1.9.2, and the
10 > > > failing /var/log/Xorg.0.log...
11 > >
12 > > The 'failing' log shows that the new Xorg-server is using the MACH64
13 > > driver, but your 'working' 1.8.2 log is truncated, so it doesn't tell us
14 > > which video driver it was using successfully.
15 >
16 > I'm about 99% certain that it has always used the mach64 driver. I
17 > wish I had an old enough backup to recover an old log, but this
18 > current size screwup has been in effect for a while. It's mostly a
19 > server, so X isn't vital, but I do want to get it working again.
20 >
21 > > Given only 8MB of video memory, maybe the vesa driver would work better?
22 > > Dunno. Does your BIOS have a setting for the video "aperture"?
23
24 You may get better results if you enable KMS in your kernel.
25
26 --
27 Regards,
28 Mick

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