FreeBSD/Solaris dual-boot Xorg problem

[Stuart Kreitman]

Noel:

What are the differences between the two systems re. reported timings 
and selected timing?

Stuart

On 7/18/14 12:24 AM, Noel Hunt wrote:
> [ Apologies; originally sent without a Subject.]
>
> [ This was originally posted to comp.windows.x without
>   any response. ]
>
> I have an HP dual-boot machine running both FreeBSD 10.0
> and Solaris 11.1. These systems have the following Xorg
> server and Intel drivers:
>
>           X.Org X Server  Intel driver
> FreeBSD 10.0    1.7.7           2.7.1
> Solaris 11.1    1.12.2          2.18.0
>
> In short, xorg runs under FreeBSD driving the monitor at
> the preferred mode, while it fails to start under Solaris.
>
> The monitor is an HP L1910, its preferred mode being
> 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz. Even though the log file shows that this
> mode is being selected (well, a mode called '1280x1024')
> the monitor complains about the 'signal being out of range'
> when I try to start xorg under Solaris.
>
> Xorg under Solaris appears to pick up the monitor's
> preferred timings, i.e, after 'First detailed timing is
> preferred mode' it details the monitor's (manufacturer's)
> 'Supported standard timings' and then 'Supported detailed
> timings' which are what FreeBSD xorg is using, which in
> Modeline format would be:
>
> Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688 ...
>   ... 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz eP)
>
> There is an interesting bit of strangeness with regards
> the monitor port on this HP (HP dc7900 ). It appears that
> thereis one card with two ports, one VGA and one DP, but
> when I run xrandr onFreeBSD it reports a VGA device and
> an HDMI device; Solaris does thesame but in addition reports
> a DP device. In any case, both FreeBSD and Solaris `disconnect'
> the otherports (apart from VGA).
>
> Although I am able to use the vesa driver and have a usable
> display now,I would be grateful if someone could give me
> some hints as to what's going on here.
>
> I am also in the process of building the latest xorg server
> so that at least I canturn on some debugging to analyze
> what's going on.
>
> Noel Hunt
>
>
>
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