Am 08.08.2010 20:09, wrote Alex Deucher: > 2010/8/8 Marius Gr?ger<marius.groeger at googlemail.com>: >> Am 08.08.2010 18:22, wrote Alex Deucher: >>>> >>>> Also, I kind of was hoping that once I could use 1280x720 for both the >>>> console and the X screen, it would would allow me to switch between the >>>> two >>>> transparently. Instead, the TV takes notice of the switch and needs some >>>> extra syncing time. Is this expected behaviour? >>> >>> You mean switching underscan off and on or a VT switch? The hw has to >>> reprogram the mode when it changes the underscan. As for a VT switch, >>> it should just be changing the crtc base, but IIRC there was a bug >>> where X and the console used slightly different modes in some cases. >> >> VT switch. I use video=1280x720 at 50 on the command line and select the >> corresponding EDID resolution within X. Is this bug still pending or is my >> scenario supposed to work? > > You may be seeing this issue: > http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-August/011743.html
"In the absence of the user specifying an overriding monitor configuration, trust the KMS drivers to have correctly probed the output modes." Well, in my case I *am* specifying an overriding monitor configuration. Is there still a chance that video=1280x720 at 50 could be meaning s.th. different then the corresponding mode in X that I explicitly choose. Regards Marius
