Hi all, this comes form a verbose boot of 4.1 on a Dell Latitude LS laptop:
[...] vesabios0 at mainbus0: version 2.0, NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV vesabios0: VESA mode 0100: attributes 009f, 640x400 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 0101: attributes 009f, 640x480 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 0102: attributes 001f, 800x600 4bbp Planar vesabios0: VESA mode 0103: attributes 009f, 800x600 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 0104: attributes 001b, 1024x768 4bbp Planar vesabios0: VESA mode 0105: attributes 009f, 1024x768 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 0107: attributes 009f, 1280x1024 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 010d: attributes 009f, 320x200 15bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 010e: attributes 009f, 320x200 16bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0110: attributes 009f, 640x480 15bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0111: attributes 009f, 640x480 16bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0112: attributes 009f, 640x480 24bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0113: attributes 009f, 800x600 15bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0114: attributes 009f, 800x600 16bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0115: attributes 009f, 800x600 24bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0116: attributes 009f, 1024x768 15bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0117: attributes 009f, 1024x768 16bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0118: attributes 009f, 1024x768 24bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0120: attributes 009b, 320x240 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 0121: attributes 009b, 320x240 16bbp Direct Color vesabios0: VESA mode 0122: attributes 009b, 400x300 8bbp Packed pixel vesabios0: VESA mode 0123: attributes 009b, 400x300 16bbp Direct Color [...] vga0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20, vesafb Do these messages mean that my graphic chip is actually capable of a "1024x768 24bbp" display? Dell says that the (LCD) monitor cannot do more than 800x600 ( http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/Systems/latls/en/ug/specs.htm ) and that's the most I was able to get from it, using either Driver "neomagic" or Driver "vesa" in xorg.conf. If the graphics chip can do 1024x768, is it the case that the _monitor_ cannot do that? Is the maximal resolution a property of the graphics chip or the monitor? If the graphics chip can not do 1024x768, what does the VESA line above really say? Thanks Jan
