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Titel: stuck in 640x480 mode (toshiba8000 w/neomagic, easter-rc4)
 Verfasst am: 13.07.2006, 20:56 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 13. Jul 2006
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I have a Toshiba Tecra8000, which has a Neomagic graphics chipset. I seem unable to get 1024x768 with the easter-rc4 preview release. It worked fine with the older version - the last stable release. For that version, this did the trick:
noml vga=279
That started up in 16bit, 1024x768 mode, which is what I want. This time, it tells me that the vga mode selection is invalid. It seems that only VESA modes work?? In any case, upon booting (into 640x480), the kanotix-display applet gives me the option to go to a higher mode, but errors-out saying that the x-server cannot be restarted.
The standard KDE display applet only shows 640x480 and lower. The initial boot-screen shows that the three modes were added: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768. This is a laptop without a keypad, so crtl-alt-plus/minus doesn't work. I haven't tried the fix-res script - does this work for the liveCD too?
A second annoyance is that my old external serial mouse is no longer detected - mice are cheap, and I have others, but still, it works fine, it would be nice if I could continue to use it...
My goal is HD installation - has anyone else been able to get better res out of such a setup?
I really want to avoid vesa or fbdev modules - the neomagic driver used to work fine - very well actually, even with support for xv video. vesa is too slow to play fullscreen video. |
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Titel: RE: stuck in 640x480 mode (toshiba8000 w/neomagic, easter-rc
Verfasst am: 13.07.2006, 22:38 Uhr
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would
xmodule=neomagic
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Verfasst am: 14.07.2006, 04:07 Uhr
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No, but thanks for the suggestion. I get the same result - it has actually always indicated that it was using the xorg neomagic server...
vga=279 seemed to be what did the trick in the past, now it tells me that this not a valid vesa mode. noml was also required in the past, now noml only adds 640x480. Leaving noml off, it tells me that all three modes were added (1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480) but it still pops me into the lowest with no chance of going up. |
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Verfasst am: 14.07.2006, 08:27 Uhr
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i had the same problem with tecra 8100.
this should work:
http://senfgurke.info/v03/content/view/62/35/
you need this in your xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "14.1-inch LCD Panel"
VendorName "ASUS"
ModelName "L8400B"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 59.5-60.5
ModeLine "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
dont forget do edit the "section "server layout""-part. |
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Verfasst am: 18.07.2006, 02:42 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 13. Jul 2006
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Thanks for the response. I've solved the problem in a different way, however. I booted into the older kanotix using "noml" and "vga=279" and saved the x config file. I then booted up on the easter version and copied the old config file over. I restarted X and it put me into the proper modes.
Next, I installed to HD. During the install process, it seems I was switched to xorg or at least an xorg config file. Again, it put me into the wrong mode and didn't detect the neomagic at all, using fbdev instead.
I compared the two config files, and the only difference seemed to be the line specifying the server, so I changed "fbdev" to "neomagic" and added "1024x768" and "800x600" under the 16 bit section and it worked fine. xvinfo reports support for xv video and all seems well. I also got back serial mouse support.
It seems that the neomagic is no longer detected properly at some point. |
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