Re: NVIDIA ION, nv(4), vesa(4) and LCD 1680x1050 monitor

[Petar Bogdanovic <petar%smokva.net@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:30:21PM +0200, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
>
> Things above mean that I have no chance to setup NetBSD with ION graphic
> card on 1680x1050 monitor. Right? If yes, is this because 1680x1050 is
> not standard VESA resolution (and therefore not supported by vesa(4)
> driver)?

The vesa driver is ``limited to the set of modes in the video BIOS'' and
``usually there's nothing you can do in this situation, because it's not
possible to modify the BIOS'':

   http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes

                Petar Bogdanovic