Bug#484015: xserver-xorg-video-ati: [r128][powerpc] output is limited to 800x600 even with 1024x768 display

[Michel Dänzer]

On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 18:29 -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> 
> Oh, BTW, one error/warning that I see reported on the machine's console (and that
> apparently doesn't get included in the X logs) is the following:
> 
> (many times the following error---at least 20 times in a row)
> (EE) R128(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
> (...)

But they are included in the log file:

> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (unknown reason)
> (EE) R128(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (unknown reason)
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (EE) R128(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (unknown reason)
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (EE) R128(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (unknown reason)
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (EE) R128(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (unknown reason)
> (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)

So, for some reason the kernel's aty128fb is rejecting the X server's
1024x768 modes. Have you tried putting an X mode definition (e.g.
obtained by fbset -x) of the console 1024x768 mode into the xorg.conf
monitor section?


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