On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 00:59 +0000, Matthew T.Atkinson wrote: > > Since upgrading from 6.8.2 to 6.9.0 my Radeon 9100/NEC monitor are said > to be unable to support certain video resolutions.
[...] > I (as with many vision-impaired users) make use of the low resolution > modes via the CTRL-ALT-+/- ``viewports'' feature to provide screen > magnification. Without the lower resolutions working, I have no way to > use X. May I ask whether you've looked into using a tool designed for this purpose, such as gnome-mag or kmag? > Strangeley, when I enabled the IgnoreEDID option, I was stuck in 640x480 > and couldn't use any higher modes. [...] > A friend with a similar Radeon card indicates that he can use ``xvidtune > -prev'' and ``xvidtune -next'' to switch between modes, but not the keypad. > I can do neither of these things. [...] > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "NEC MultiSync LCD 1830" > HorizSync 24-82 > VertRefresh 55-85 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection [...] > (II) RADEON(0): Generating MergedFB mode list > (II) RADEON(0): No MetaModes given, linking largest common modes by default > (II) RADEON(0): Merged "1024x768" (1024x768) and "1024x768" (1024x768) to > 1024x768 (Clone) Considering all of the above, and assuming there's only one monitor connected to the graphics card, I suspect this is a duplicate of http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=353367 (Radeon 9100 is mostly identical to 8500). If so, either of Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,NONE" Option "MergedFB" "off" should work around the problem. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
