On Monday 20 August 2012 23:31:07 Lester Caine did opine: > Dave wrote: > >> That is also true of the D525MW's gfx, I just checked, and both of my > >> > >> >D525MW's are running the VESA driver. Quite well IMO. > > > > Well, .... then I must be running the VESA driver as well and it > > works fine on a large screen... I'll have to check. Perhaps this > > "driver issue" is a non-issue for us? > > The thing that I have established is that as long as you use a 'dumb' > monitor in the vga port then the VESA driver fires up OK and you get a > clean 1024by768 screen. If you happen to have a high res monitor ( my > main system uses 1920x1200 monitors ) then Linux tries to load a > different driver and this is where things got screwed up. Disconnecting > the 'data' wires sorted out my problems, but I'm still not going to use > the Intel boards on the CNC systems as they refuse to install XP, the > asrock ones are much tidier and provided a clean dual boot between > Mach3-XP and LinuxCNC :) > > The new intel boards need W7 so I'll recycle them on sites that already > have site licences for W7 :)
I believe the VESA driver is driving that Samsung tv at 1680x1050, it is noticeably higher resolution than the other, smaller flat screen AOC I'm using on the milling machine. The Xorg.0.log says 1920x1250 is available. But it doesn't come right out and say which mode its in. Neither does glxinfo. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Peace, n.: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
