How to disable VGA-0 from the get-go?

[Alex Deucher]

On Feb 19, 2008 7:09 PM, Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:12:36PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > Option "Disable" "true"
> >
> > Alex
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> thanks, that did it.
> I tried
>
> Option "Enable" "false"
>
> before and that didn't work. Isn't that a bug? I mean enable/false and
> disable/true should have the same effect, no?
>

from a user's perspective it is.  That patch would be pretty trivial I
just haven't gotten a chance to look at it.

> Another thing I found is that DisplaySize doesn't change the DPI
> anymore. With the old 6.6.3 driver with
>
> DisplaySize     338 270
>
> I get 96 DPI. With 6.8.0 I get this:
>
> resolution:    99x96 dots per inch
>
> Changing the width in DisplaySize apparently has no effect anymore. Plus
> in the log it gets even wilder:
>
> (**) RADEON(0): DPI set to (120, 112)

Your xserver is too old.  This has been fixed.

>
> I got one more :) When I start my "TV" ServerLayout the ModeLine doesn't
> work properly anymore:
>
> ModeLine        "720x576" 14.0625 720 759 799 900 576 576 591 625 +hsync
> +vsync interlace composite
>
> I get a picture but it's bad as it looks like it's actually doubled and
> both upper and lower half shift up and down:
>
> #########
> #picture# ^
> #-------# |
> #picture# ^
> ######### |
>
> With 6.6.3 the picture is perfect.
>

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12626

> Also the TFT monitor's light is flashing constantly (orange/green) as
> if it's still getting a signal. With 6.6.3 the light stays orange.
>

in what circumstance?

> I'll attach my xorg.conf and also Xorg.0.log (TFT ServerLayout) and
> Xorg.1.log (TV ServerLayout).
>
> One last question, though. I saw that the RS690 (X1200) is mentioned in
> the headers (but not in the radeon man page). Is the RS690 supported? XV
> video acceleration as well?

Yes, it is supported.  All r5xx and r6xx chips except the most recent
ones should work.  No Xv yet for them.

Alex