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Re: [suse-xfree86] 9.0 to 9.1 upgrade causes X problems on ATI on Thinkpad
- From: "Günther J. Niederwimmer" <gjn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:12:08 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200407221811.51237@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Hello,
> It's an IBM T30 Thinkpad (2GHz CPU, 2G RAM); it has a built in display
> (1024x768x60Hz), and an external LCD panel at 1280x1024x60Hz. The
> problem is that, no matter what I try, the X server (or the ATI driver?)
> will only drive the external panel at 1024x768. The result is that
> fonts look awful, and headaches are frequent. It seems that the server
> is querying the display at startup, only finding the built-in panel, and
> deciding that1280x1024 is outside the permitted range. It seems that
> the X server is setting the primary display to always be the built-in
> panel, and setting the resolution to 1024x768. even when using the
> 1280x1024 external monitor. I can't find a way to change this
> behaviour. Does anyone know if it's possible (9.0 did it OK, so I guess
> it is)?
>
> Sax2 always reverts to 1024x768 at the "test" stage after manually
> setting the monitor and resolution to 1280x1024.
>
> I've tried loading the newer patches for radeon fro the SuSE downloads
> area, but no luck so far. Am I faced with having to go back to 9.0?
download and test the new sax2?
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/supplementary/X/XFree86/Sax2/suse91/*
--
MfG / Regards
Günther J. Niederwimmer
> It's an IBM T30 Thinkpad (2GHz CPU, 2G RAM); it has a built in display
> (1024x768x60Hz), and an external LCD panel at 1280x1024x60Hz. The
> problem is that, no matter what I try, the X server (or the ATI driver?)
> will only drive the external panel at 1024x768. The result is that
> fonts look awful, and headaches are frequent. It seems that the server
> is querying the display at startup, only finding the built-in panel, and
> deciding that1280x1024 is outside the permitted range. It seems that
> the X server is setting the primary display to always be the built-in
> panel, and setting the resolution to 1024x768. even when using the
> 1280x1024 external monitor. I can't find a way to change this
> behaviour. Does anyone know if it's possible (9.0 did it OK, so I guess
> it is)?
>
> Sax2 always reverts to 1024x768 at the "test" stage after manually
> setting the monitor and resolution to 1280x1024.
>
> I've tried loading the newer patches for radeon fro the SuSE downloads
> area, but no luck so far. Am I faced with having to go back to 9.0?
download and test the new sax2?
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/supplementary/X/XFree86/Sax2/suse91/*
--
MfG / Regards
Günther J. Niederwimmer
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