will we ever have radeon drivers that aren't crap?
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Fri Jul 24 20:33:30 UTC 2009
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Hiisi wrote:
>
>>> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:12 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
>
>>> currently, on my 1280x800 display gateway laptop, i need to run
>>> the vesa driver and get only 1024x768 because, if i try to run the
>>> radeon driver, i'll get my full resolution, and my session will
>>> last maybe 10-15 minutes before finally locking up, at which point
>>> the only response i can get is moving the mouse around the screen
>>> verrrrrry slowly but nothing else, requiring a power cycle. (the
>>> vesa driver will, of course, work perfectly for days on end.)
>
>> Had similar problem with screen resolution running vesa driver.
>> Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf In section "Screen", subsection
>> "Display" in line Modes add "1280x800" and restart X-server. That
>> (probably) will do the task.
>
> currently, my xorg.conf file is the extremely spartan:
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "DontZap" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> which gives me perfectly functional 1024x768. and i remember trying
> various combinations to try to get to 1280x800 and failing. if you
> can give me an exact setting for xorg.conf to try, i'll give it a
> shot. but i recall messing with that for a while and never getting
> vesa at 1280x800. i'm definitely open to suggestions.
>
Have you tried without an xorg.conf at all? I get 1280x800 that way, one of the
few things I do like about F11 video. Sort of like deleting PulseAudio to get sound.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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