Subject: Re: Can't do 1280x1024@24 anymore with -current tdfx changes
To: NetBSD X11 <tech-x11@NetBSD.org>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: tech-x11
Date: 09/09/2005 11:27:32
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Hello,

> That's apparently the cause:
> (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (**) TDFX(0): Preferred mode size is 1024x768
> (II) TDFX(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" because it is larger
> than the preferred mode (1024x768).=20
>=20
> I'll have a look why this happened - it didn't happen here though,
> apparently my monitor doesn't report a preferred mode so XFree's DDC
> code doesn't force me to use it. This should be overrideable.

I had a look at the code - apparently it's supposed to force the
preferred mode on you when your monitor reports one. There is an option
to override this behaviour ( 'UsePreferredMode' ) which defaults to
TRUE for some reason, so to get rid of this add something like this to
your Monitor section:=20
Option "UsePreferredMode" "false"

Then you'll get:
(**) Option "UsePreferredMode" "false"
(**) TDFX(0): Use of a preferred mode has been disabled.

have fun
Michael

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