On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:21:29 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20100313_223702, Stephen Powell wrote: >> I've done some digging. Apparently, there is an Option statement >> That is valid for at least some drivers: >> >> Option "NoDDC" >> >> that can be put into the "Device" section, but it is not documented >> in the man page for xorg.conf. I'll have to play around to see if >> I can get it to work. But that will have to wait for tomorrow. >> It's time for me to go to bed. > > The option UseBIOS documented in man savage, not in man xorg.conf > There is a list of driver man pages in man xorg.conf
Yes, I know. But I'm not talking about the UseBIOS option right now. I'm talking about the NoDDC option. I did find it documented on the Internet. For example, see this link -> http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/rendition5.html. The option was still under development then, and was documented as a "previews of coming attractions" option. The NoDDC option is referred to in man savage, but the NoDDC option is not a savage-specific option. It is a generic option for the "Device" section and should be documented in man xorg.conf. I have also seen bug reports complaining about the lack of documentation for the NoDDC option. For example, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364610. The above bug report implies that NoDDC is specific to the s3virge driver, but it is actually a generic option that apparently works with all drivers. I just tried it on my machine with the nv driver for an Nvidia video card. It works great! I can now override the DDC2/EDID-probed values if I want or need to! But why is the option not documented? Is that X.Org's version of a disclaimer? The man pages for radeon and savage allude to it, but don't document it. The man page for rendition actually documents it, but as a "soon-to-be-implemented feature" rather than as a production option. Oh well, at least it works. Sorry to rain on your parade, Ron, -- er, I mean shine sun on your funeral procession -- but you lose this time. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/354927792.19005391268584194840.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
