New Monitor Weirdnesses or how do I get Xorg to pay attention to my xorg.conf file?
Robert Heller
heller at deepsoft.com
Thu Dec 3 11:58:33 PST 2015
At Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:40:08 +0100 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_L=FCbking?= <thomas.luebking at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Donnerstag, 3. Dezember 2015 18:42:29 CEST, Robert Heller wrote:
>
> > How do I decipher that opinion?
>
> It's cleartext.
Not in any useful way.
> It should list the modes it considers and whether (and maybe why) it dropped
> them.
This is what it shows:
(II) VESA(0): initializing int10
(II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 14336 kB
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: NVIDIA
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 98.119
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: MCP77 Board - mcp78so
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Chip Rev
(++) VESA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) VESA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) VESA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 1 sec.
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
(II) VESA(0): Manufacturer: AOC Model: 1970 Serial#: 83943
(II) VESA(0): Year: 2015 Week: 12
(II) VESA(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) VESA(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
(II) VESA(0): Sync: Separate
(II) VESA(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 41 vert.: 23
(II) VESA(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) VESA(0): DPMS capabilities: Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) VESA(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) VESA(0): redX: 0.641 redY: 0.340 greenX: 0.315 greenY: 0.629
(II) VESA(0): blueX: 0.159 blueY: 0.051 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
(II) VESA(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) VESA(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
(II) VESA(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
(II) VESA(0): 640x480 at 67Hz
(II) VESA(0): 640x480 at 72Hz
(II) VESA(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
(II) VESA(0): 800x600 at 56Hz
(II) VESA(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
(II) VESA(0): 800x600 at 72Hz
(II) VESA(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
(II) VESA(0): 832x624 at 75Hz
(II) VESA(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
(II) VESA(0): 1024x768 at 70Hz
(II) VESA(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
(II) VESA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) VESA(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) VESA(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 720 refresh: 60 vid: 49281
(II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) VESA(0): clock: 85.5 MHz Image Size: 410 x 230 mm
(II) VESA(0): h_active: 1366 h_sync: 1436 h_sync_end 1579 h_blank_end 1792 h_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 771 v_sync_end 774 v_blanking: 798 v_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) VESA(0): clock: 85.5 MHz Image Size: 410 x 230 mm
(II) VESA(0): h_active: 1360 h_sync: 1424 h_sync_end 1536 h_blank_end 1792 h_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 771 v_sync_end 777 v_blanking: 795 v_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 76 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 60 kHz, PixClock max 90 MHz
(II) VESA(0): Monitor name: 1970W
(II) VESA(0): EDID (in hex):
(II) VESA(0): 00ffffffffffff0005e37019e7470100
(II) VESA(0): 0c190103682917782a0cc5a45750a128
(II) VESA(0): 0d5054bfee0081c00101010101010101
(II) VESA(0): 010101010101662156aa51001e30468f
(II) VESA(0): 33009ae61000001e662150b051001b30
(II) VESA(0): 407036009ae61000001e000000fd0032
(II) VESA(0): 4c1e3c09000a202020202020000000fc
(II) VESA(0): 0031393730570a202020202020200018
(II) VESA(0): EDID vendor "AOC", prod id 6512
(II) VESA(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
(II) VESA(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
(II) VESA(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1366x768"x0.0 85.50 1366 1436 1579 1792 768 771 774 798 +hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1360x768"x0.0 85.50 1360 1424 1536 1792 768 771 777 795 +hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 30.24 640 704 768 864 480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0 28.32 720 738 846 900 400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0 57.28 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
(II) VESA(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s):
Then it lists a bunch of blocks that look like this:
Mode: 100 (640x400)
ModeAttributes: 0x3bf
WinAAttributes: 0x7
WinBAttributes: 0x0
WinGranularity: 64
WinSize: 64
WinASegment: 0xa000
WinBSegment: 0x0
WinFuncPtr: 0xc000859c
BytesPerScanline: 640
XResolution: 640
YResolution: 400
XCharSize: 8
YCharSize: 16
NumberOfPlanes: 1
BitsPerPixel: 8
NumberOfBanks: 1
MemoryModel: 4
BankSize: 0
NumberOfImages: 14
RedMaskSize: 0
RedFieldPosition: 0
GreenMaskSize: 0
GreenFieldPosition: 0
BlueMaskSize: 0
BlueFieldPosition: 0
RsvdMaskSize: 0
RsvdFieldPosition: 0
DirectColorModeInfo: 0
PhysBasePtr: 0xf9000000
LinBytesPerScanLine: 640
BnkNumberOfImagePages: 14
LinNumberOfImagePages: 14
LinRedMaskSize: 0
LinRedFieldPosition: 0
LinGreenMaskSize: 0
LinGreenFieldPosition: 0
LinBlueMaskSize: 0
LinBlueFieldPosition: 0
LinRsvdMaskSize: 0
LinRsvdFieldPosition: 0
MaxPixelClock: 229500000
*Some* of them have a star (*) in front of the word 'Mode:' (what does that
mean?). Where are these 'Modes' coming from?
Then:
(II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 224 64KB banks (14336kB)
(II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-60.00 kHz
(II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-76.00 Hz
(II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using maximum pixel clock of 90.00 MHz
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1366x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1360x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1280x720" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of this name)
(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "1024x768"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "800x600"
(**) VESA(0): Built-in mode "640x480"
(**) VESA(0): Display dimensions: (410, 230) mm
(**) VESA(0): DPI set to (63, 84)
(II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 75Hz refresh for mode "1024x768" (118)
(II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 72Hz refresh for mode "800x600" (115)
(II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 73Hz refresh for mode "640x480" (112)
(**) VESA(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
My /etc/X11/xorg.conf line contains:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "AOC"
ModelName "1970"
ModeLine "1366x768" 85.50 1366 1436 1579 1792 768 771 774 798 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1360x768" 85.50 1360 1424 1536 1792 768 771 777 795 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x720" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync
Gamma .85
EndSection
and
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x720"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
>
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