Subject: Re: policy on console modelines
To: Matthew Wala <mattwala@gmail.com>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/07/2007 03:52:00
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Hello,

On Jan 6, 2007, at 22:43, Matthew Wala wrote:

> I have withstood the temptation to upgrade to -current for the past
> months because radeonfb didn't recognize my unorthodox monitor
> resolution by default.  Instead I got the same result as described in
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/11/10/0006.html.
> (Coincedentally, my card is also an ATI Radeon 9200)
> After deciding to tweak the modelines file, I got radeonfb to run with
> the folowing modeline:
> ModeLine "1280x768"    105.64  1280  1312  1712  1744    768  782  792
> 807 -hsync +vsync
> It works, however there is a brief moment at the beginning of boot
> when the screen goes black.
>
> My question is: If working modelines are reported, will they be
> commited into the file sys/dev/videomode/modelines?

Absolutely.

> I would like to be able to boot off future install CD's without any 
> tweaking.

Please mail me:
- - your dmesg output
- - your ofctl -p output

So I can see if there's a way to detect this monitor and have radeonfb 
do The Right Thing automatically.

have fun
Michael
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