> I've got a laptop that I (for shits and giggles) decided to put Plan 9 > on. Lo and behold, it worked fine (Compal EL80, Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, > nVidia video). > > So, I'm running at 1280x1024x32 right now in VESA, which is > reasonable, but I'd like to run at my maximum native resolution, which > is 1680x1050 (I believe). After tooling around with Xorg configs, I've > found a horiz/vert refresh rate that should work for me... > > ...except that I have no idea how to convert that into vgadb lingo. > I've read all the comments in vgadb, and the manpage, which helpfully > suggests that I purchase a rather dated book. I suppose it's at least > available, but in the interest of ``I want it now,'' are there any > hints on translating eg. > > Option "DPMS" > HorizSync 28-84 > VertRefresh 43-60 > > into vgadb(6) lingo? > > Only other bit of potentially relevant information I have is that Xorg > reports the monitor as having a ``330.0 MHz pixel clock''. > > Thanks, > > --dho
I got something working for me, so I wrote a wiki page: http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Adding_a_monitor_to_vgadb/index.html Hope that helps; I've tried something similar with a different monitor and managed to get a setup that causes the screen to jiggle and hurt my eyes, so your mileage may vary. John
