On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 10:50 +0200, Ralf Saalmüller wrote: > > On 22.08.2009 at 17:08 Dirk wrote: > > > Hi Clark, thanks for this hint. I tried it, but no success... > > resolution > > still remains at 800x600... > > > You have to trust in xorg, which tries to get everything right. Sad > thing, it does get wrong on Apple Computers quit often. > > > A good point to start is read-edid by John Fremlin > ( see http://john.fremlin.de/programs/linux/read-edid/ ) > > > Of course you have to set up an xorg.conf, but you should use the > output of > get-edid | parse-edid > in your "Monitor" section. This has worked for a eMac with debian > lenny which stuck at 1024x768. Now it's 1280x1024. > > > I use that with fbdev I had to state. And you should use a short > xorg.conf with the essential information. xorg isn't that bad in > guessing the other things.
It shouldn't be bad for displays either with a current version of the radeon driver - if the version from sid (or even better, current upstream Git) fails to detect the connected display(s) correctly, it's worth filing a bug report. For Rage128 cards, the problem is that the X r128 driver hasn't been actively developed in years, so it may indeed still require more manual configuration. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
