i810 driver problem

Russell Strong russell at strong.id.au
Sat May 6 19:11:07 PDT 2006


Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 09:27:10PM +1000, Russell Strong wrote:
>   
>> I'm having a problem with the i810 driver ( version 1.6.0 installed from 
>> the aiglx repo ).  I've set the resolution to 1920x1200, however I get 
>> 1600x1200 on the screen.  It makes people in photos look fat :)
>>
>> I've found the following in the log, however I don't know what, if 
>> anything there is that I can do about it.  Any ideas?
>>
>> (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1920x1200" (no mode of this name)
>> (II) I810(0): Increasing the scanline pitch to allow tiling mode (1600 
>> -> 2048).
>> (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 2048)
>> (**) I810(0):  Built-in mode "1600x1200"
>>     
>
> You are using driver that uses BIOS for mode setting.
>
> You can:
> a) grab 915resolution (http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/) and tweak BIOS to
> support 1900x1200 mode.
>
> b) try to install driver from git repository - branch modesetting.
>
>   
Thanks, I used 915resolution and that worked.

Cheers,
Russell



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