Re: xorg nv options

2006-08-12 Thread Joerg Maier
Hi 12" people, i can use nv on 2.6.17.3 and all the kernels earlier since a while with xorg nv driver and kernel nv fb device (video=nv:1024x768-60). My external vga connector works pretty fine (at least with 1280x1024, did not try more), and i can swsusp-resume a lot of times with the stock vanil

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-22 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:11:21PM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > I can't confirm that _every_ version between .13 and .17 didn't work, however > for .1{5,6} I'm sure, but still it works now so I'm happy :) I just switched back from nvidiafb to rivafb and fixed it up to work with 2.6.18-rc2 (pat

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 08:59:48PM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:21:13AM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > > Hi Guido! > > > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:20:24AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > I can successfully use the external vga out, however the laptop LCD is

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:21:13AM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > Hi Guido! > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:20:24AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > I can successfully use the external vga out, however the laptop LCD is not > > > usable meanwhile. Note that you have to boot with the external v

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:07:02AM -0400, Guy Yasko wrote: > On 19 Jul 2006, Guido Guenther said: > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 06:03:10PM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 06:19:33PM -0400, Benjamin Herrenschmidt > wrote: > > > > I can successfully use the external vga o

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Lawrence Li
hi all: I'm trying to figure out how to use external display on my iBook G3 (late 2001) / Debian, so it's great to see this thread going on. The display I have is an LG L194WT, which is sold only in Asia I think. As the "W" in the model suggests, it's a widescreen LCD (16:9), with a recommended

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Andy Wingo
On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 09:07 -0400, Guy Yasko wrote: > I can only suspend-to-disk and wake up > once. My G4 12" (it's the 2005.2 version, i.e., PB 6,8) will hang on > the second wake up call. Mine is also a 6,8, and works fine with swsusp2 applied to 2.6.17-rc3. I couldn't get it to work with the

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
[I'm dropping personal CCs since this is not subject-related] On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:07:02AM -0400, Guy Yasko wrote: > That makes sense. However, I can only suspend-to-disk and wake up > once. My G4 12" (it's the 2005.2 version, i.e., PB 6,8) will hang on > the second wake up call. try with

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Guy Yasko
On 19 Jul 2006, Guido Guenther said: On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 06:03:10PM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 06:19:33PM -0400, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > I can successfully use the external vga out, however the laptop > > LCD is not usable meanwhile. Note that you hav

G4-12" and external Apple cinema display -- [was: xorg nv options]

2006-07-19 Thread Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot
El mié, 19-07-2006 a las 10:21 +0200, Filippo Giunchedi escribió: > Hi Guido! > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:20:24AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > I can successfully use the external vga out, however the laptop LCD is not > > > usable meanwhile. Note that you have to boot with the external vg

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 06:03:10PM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 06:19:33PM -0400, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > I haven't been able to use an external monitor/beamer with this laptop > > > and xorg. Is it possible now (I have not tried it for a while). > > > > Th

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-19 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
Hi Guido! On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:20:24AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > > I can successfully use the external vga out, however the laptop LCD is not > > usable meanwhile. Note that you have to boot with the external vga adaptor > > plugged in. > Actually suspending to disk is enough. This (at

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-16 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 06:19:33PM -0400, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > I haven't been able to use an external monitor/beamer with this laptop > > and xorg. Is it possible now (I have not tried it for a while). > > The "nv" driver doesn't support dual head. I think it's possible however > to c

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-15 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 17:03 +0200, Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot wrote: > El dom, 16-07-2006 a las 00:49 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt escribió: > > > To be more precise, this depends on the type of flat panel that is > > connected to your machine. Cheap ones (like Apple uses on the iMac G5) > > have on

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-15 Thread Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot
El dom, 16-07-2006 a las 00:49 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt escribió: > To be more precise, this depends on the type of flat panel that is > connected to your machine. Cheap ones (like Apple uses on the iMac G5) > have only, I think, 6 bits per components and thus need hardware > dithering to avo

Re: xorg nv options

2006-07-15 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 11:21 +0200, Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot wrote: > Hi list: > > Under debian/xorg nv driver I had problem showing some graphics, > specially the ones that had color gradients, the steps of the gradient > were very noticeable and the same graphic showed much better under OSX. > >

xorg nv options

2006-07-15 Thread Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot
Hi list: Under debian/xorg nv driver I had problem showing some graphics, specially the ones that had color gradients, the steps of the gradient were very noticeable and the same graphic showed much better under OSX. Playing with the 'nv' options I found that using Option "FPDither"