Active area shorter than physical screen

[Felix Blanke]

http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo

There is what you need to build the driver :)


Felix

On 25. November 2010 - 09:45, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:45:45 -0800
> From: Ross Boylan <ross at biostat.ucsf.edu>
> To: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> Cc: xorg-driver-ati at lists.x.org
> Subject: Re: Active area shorter than physical screen
> 
> On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 11:33 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Ross Boylan <ross at biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> > > There are noticeable black/unilluminated bands at the top and bottom
> > > of my physical screen.  Is this expected?  Is there anything I can do
> > > about it?
> > >
> > > video: ATI Technologies Inc RV570 [Radeon X1950 Pro] rev 0, Mem
> > >       @ 0xd0000000/28, 0xf0300000/16, I/O @ 0x2000/8
> > >
> > > xorg 6.9.0 (xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4).  Debian has
> > > incorporated some fixes from recent git into this driver (details in
> > > changelog.Debian).
> > >
> > 
> > You might want to try a newer version of the driver 6.9.0 is several years old.
> > 
> > Alex
> Can I rebuild just the driver, or would I need to update my whole X
> infrastructure?
> Ross
> > 
> > > Monitor: Samsung 245T (1920x1200)  It has no controls that permit
> > > adjustment to the vertical size.
> > >
> > > Xeon 64 bit chips
> > >
> > > OS: Debian stable, with some later versions pulled in.  The kernel is
> > > from more current releases and is linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64.
> > >
> > > I noticed them first after I rebooted and the screen started to
> > > flicker (strobe might be a better term; it looked like a CRT with the
> > > refresh rate too low).  I sent the monitor in for servicing; the
> > > flickering is gone but the shrinkage remains.  It's possible it's been
> > > there for awhile and I didn't notice it.  There have been some
> > > upgrades to the kernel and other software, including X; likely some
> > > would have taken effect only on reboot.
> > >
> > > I also have the radeonhd driver on the system; I do not think I am
> > > using it.
> > >
> > > I have the same model of monitor on another system with an nvidia
> > > card/proprietary driver, and the image fills the full screen.  Even
> > > there, the on-screen display of the monitor provides no adjustments to
> > > the dimensions.
> > >
> > > I've attached my config file and some logs.
> > >
> > > Happy Thanksgiving to those in the US!
> > >
> > > Ross Boylan
> > >
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