On Die, 2012-04-17 at 13:11 -0500, Straight BolognaSandwich wrote: > > In Debian 7 Gnome Classic with the aforementioned "workaround 3" in > place to get around display corruption, I see: xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 4096 x 4096 > DVI-I-2 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > axis) 338mm x 270mm > 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 > 1152x864 75.0 > 1024x768 75.1 60.0 > 800x600 75.0 60.3 > 640x480 75.0 60.0 > 720x400 70.1 > > Note the maximum is still showing 4096 x 4096 even though I've done > all I can think of to limit it. I also can drag windows off my screen > in all four directions.
That's normal, it would be up to the window manager to prevent this. > IF I remotely understand what is going on, this could also present > itself as poor video performance in addition to the display > corruption. It appears that video memory is still being allocated for > an area of 4096 x 4096. No. With KMS, video memory is dynamically reallocated for the actual current screen size, 1280x1024 in this case. That's why the hardware limits can always be advertised for the maximum size. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1334731561.5989.269.camel@thor.local
