[mythtv-users] Ahh - Evil xorg and modelines
Damian Surr
damian at gingermagic.co.uk
Mon Jun 18 12:02:33 UTC 2007
Thanks for staying with me Steve .. here's a link (too long to post) to
the relevant bits from the log with your suggestion (and at 255)
www.daminator.com/misc/Xorg-log-E.txt
Cheers
Damian
Steve Smith wrote:
> Oh dear,
>
> It's getting worse! ;-)
> I can still see the EDID etc options in there, can you remove them?
> So:
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "BenQ W100"
> #Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes"
> #Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"
> #Option "DDC" "False"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> Driver "nvidia"
> Option "NoDDC"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> Monitor "BenQ W100"
> DefaultDepth 24
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768_70" "1024x768_60" "1024x768"
> "800x600_70" "800x600_60" "800x600"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
>
> Oh and use startx -- -logverbose 255 (The 255 give's lots
> more useful info!).
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 18/06/07, *Damian Surr* <damian at gingermagic.co.uk
> <mailto:damian at gingermagic.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> Alan Calvert wrote:
> > Damian Surr wrote:
> >> Steve Smith wrote:
> >>> Damian,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I did a bit of reading. Maybe if you were to go right back to
> basics and
> >>> see what the NVIDIA can do on its own:
> >>> 1) Get rid of the modelines.
> >>> 2) Try specifying the resolution as "1024x768_60" in the
> "Modes" line.
> >>> The EDID suggests the monitor will support this.
> >>> 3) Don't put any of those "NoEDID" options etc in there, let's
> just see
> >>> if the NVIDIA can sort it out itself!
> >>> 4) Don't specify the horizontal and vertical frequency limits
> either
> >>> just see what the EDID gives us...
> >>>
> >>> Do the startx --logverbose 5 thing and see what happens....
> >> Right Steve, I did that.
> >
> > You still don't have a _valid_ 1024x768 mode line. Try going even
> one step
> > simpler ...
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Default Screen"
> > Device "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> > Monitor "BenQ W100"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > Option "metamodes" "1024x768 +0+0"
> > Subsection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1024x768" # Note, just "1024x768", no fancy
> frequency specification!
> > EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> >
> > And when you post your next log, please consider pruning it first
> (especially
> > if you're going to post it multiple times!). All that's relevant
> for now is
> > from ...
> > > (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> >
> > down to ...
> > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): BenQ W100 (DFP-0)'s EDID does not contain a
> maximum image
> > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): size; cannot compute DPI from BenQ W100
> (DFP-0)'s EDID.
> > > (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in
> default
> > > (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
> > or thereabouts. Lose the rest.
> >
> > cheers.
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> Thanks Alan,
>
> Here's what I get with that ...
>
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoDDC"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1024x768 +0+0"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEdidDpi" "false"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes,
> NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using HW cursor
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Video key set to default value of 0x101fe
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID has
> been
> (**) NVIDIA(0): disabled on all display devices.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): The IgnoreEDID and NoDDC options have been
> deprecated. The
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA X driver makes use of a display device's
> EDID
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): during construction of its modePool. It is
> recommended
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): that you allow the X driver to make use of any
> available
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID. If, however, you know what you are doing
> and have
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): good reason to do so, you can disable the X
> driver's use
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): of EDIDs by setting the "UseEDID" X
> configuration option
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): to FALSE; e.g.,
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Note that, rather than globally disable all uses of the
> EDID,
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): you can individually disable each particular use
> of the
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID; e.g.,
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "FALSE"
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): See Appendix D: X Config Options in the README for
> details on
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): each of these options.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X
> extensions is
> (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
> (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Not probing EDID on DFP-0.
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
> (II) NVIDIA(0): GPU Architecture: 0x30
> (II) NVIDIA(0): GPU Implementation: 0x34
> (II) NVIDIA(0): GPU Revision: 0xb1
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.65.00
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Found 2 CRTCs on board
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Supported display device(s): CRT-0, CRT-1, DFP-0, TV-0
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Bus detected as AGP
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Mode timing constraints for : GeForce FX 5200
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Maximum mode timing values :
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Visible Width : 8192
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Start : 8192
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Width : 4096
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Start : 8184
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Width : 504
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Total Width : 8224
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Visible Height : 8192
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Blank Start : 8192
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Blank Width : 256
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Veritcal Sync Start : 8191
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Sync Width : 15
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Total Height : 8193
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Minimum mode timing values :
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Total Width : 40
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Total Height : 2
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Mode timing alignment :
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Visible Width : multiples of 8
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Start : multiples of 8
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Width : multiples of 8
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Start : multiples of 8
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Width : multiples of 8
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Total Width : multiples of 8
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at
> PCI:1:0:0:
> (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0
> (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 135.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Single Link TMDS
> (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Native FlatPanel Scaling is not supported
> (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: DFP modes are limited to 60 Hz refresh rate
> (--) NVIDIA(0):
> (--) NVIDIA(0): --- EDID for DFP-0 ---
> (--) NVIDIA(0):
> (--) NVIDIA(0): No EDID Available.
> (--) NVIDIA(0):
> (--) NVIDIA(0): --- End of EDID for DFP-0 ---
> (--) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Mode Validation Overrides for DFP-0:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): AllowNon60HzDFPModes
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Frequency information for DFP-0:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): HorizSync : 28.000-33.000 kHz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): VertRefresh : 43.000-72.000 Hz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): (HorizSync from Conservative Defaults)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): (VertRefresh from Conservative Defaults)
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Native backend timings for DFP-0:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): 640 x 480 @ 60 Hz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Pixel Clock : 25.18 MHz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): HRes, HSyncStart : 640, 656
> (II) NVIDIA(0): HSyncEnd, HTotal : 752, 800
> (II) NVIDIA(0): VRes, VSyncStart : 480, 490
> (II) NVIDIA(0): VSyncEnd, VTotal : 492, 525
> (II) NVIDIA(0): H/V Polarity : +/+
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): --- Modes in ModePool for DFP-0 ---
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select" : 640 x 480 @ 60.0
> Hz (from: VESA)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480" : 640 x 480 @ 60.0
> Hz (from: VESA)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480_60" : 640 x 480 @ 60.0
> Hz (from: VESA)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "320x240" : 320 x 240 @ 60.0 Hz
> DoubleScan
> (from: X Server)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "320x240d60" : 320 x 240 @ 60.0 Hz DoubleScan
> (from: X Server)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): --- End of ModePool for DFP-0: ---
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Using MetaMode string: "1024x768 +0+0"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Requested modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768+0+0"
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1024x768+0+0"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the
> default mode
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select".
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): MetaMode "nvidia-auto-select":
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Bounding Box: [0, 0, 640, 480]
> (II) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: "nvidia-auto-select"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Size : 640 x 480
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Offset : +0 +0
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Panning Domain: @ 640 x 480
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Position : [0, 0, 640, 480]
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Implicitly adding the following modes to X Screen 0
> (these
> (II) NVIDIA(0): will be available via XRandR and XF86VidMode):
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "320x240" : 320 x 240 @ 60.0 Hz DoubleScan
> (II) NVIDIA(0):
> (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
> (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
>
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