On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:45, P Oscar Boykin wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 09:32:50AM -0700, Adam H. Done wrote:
> > I pluged the flat panel and the only way i can boot into linux with it
> > is to append video=ofonly in the boot process and then the ttys work but
> > when ever I try to start X - it gives me errors. I have found out that
> > no matter what monitor (lcd or crt) when i use video=ofonly I can not
> > run X. I can't even get a boot process if I don't append any video
> > info.
Here's a /etc/yaboot.conf entry that works for
my Mac Cube with the 22" Apple Cinema Display
and ATI Rage 128 card. My display is the second
version I guess; it came with the ADC plug.
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.5.62
label=2562
read-only
append="video=aty128fb:vmode:22"
Ugh. You'd think this could be detected somehow,
and that XFree86 wouldn't be completely tied to
the mode used for the tty console.
You'll need the aty128fb driver in the kernel for
that to work.
> > I read under xfree86.org that one does not need to put moodlines into
> > the XF86Config-4 file.. X would do it automaticly. But I don't know if
> > I really need to put anything into the config file.
>
> I have the modelines in my XF86Config-4 file. The one I use is:
>
> # apple cinema display
> Modeline "1600x1024" 108.0 1600 1616 1656 1704 1024 1027 1030 1056
> -Hsync -Vsync -Csync
I also needed a modeline. Don't you just hate it when
people claim that it's easy, but nobody ever provides
the full documentation you'd need to produce the data?
I was guessing at these numbers back in 1994, and it
hasn't gotten any better almost a decade later.
Oddly, my modeline is different from yours. I wonder
who has the better one. I suppose that I have a higher
refresh rate than you do. I'm using this:
#####################################################
Section "Device"
Identifier "Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Apple Cinema Display"
HorizSync 30-120
VertRefresh 48-160
Option "DPMS"
Mode "1600x1024"
# 112.259 MHz, 62.090 kHz, 59.932 HZ
DotClock 112.260
HTimings 1600 1722 1738 1808
VTimings 1024 1034 1035 1036
Flags "+HSync" "+VSync"
EndMode
EndSection
#####################################################
I had to give up on a 1600x1088 virtual setting
(to hide a task bar) and an 800x512 mode for games.
Got any ideas?
