On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> Tommy Bongaerts wrote:
> | Just a little update:
> |
> | I gave up on trying to get 1440x900 with the vesa driver. Doesn't seem
> | to be possible.
>
> AFAIK, the vesa driver only supports 4:3 aspect ratios.
>
> | I am now trying to use the fglrx driver. Damn, what a hassle. First I
> | couldn't compile the kernel module that in Etch because it is not
> | compatible with kernels higher than 2.6.18, so I got the
>

I just wondered: doesn't this classify as a bug? Maybe the 64studio repos
should carry an updated fglrx-kernel-src that likes to 2.6.22 kernel?


>
> | fglrx-kernel-src package from testing, but that one won't compile
> | against the 64studio kernel, because of it's non free GPL symbols.
> |
> | So now I'm building a custom 2.6.24 rt kernel with the evil GPL only
> | symbols edited out of the code. Hope this will work... and that the
> | fglrx driver will give me my much desired 1440x900.
>

Didn't work because of all kinds of dependancy issues. Crap...


>
> |
> Unless you need 3d/OpenGL support, it is probably less hassle to use the
> 2d only "ati" driver.  This is in fact what I am using on my 64Studio
> machine (integrated ati video, running 1440x900 on a BenQ).


That driver doesn't work with my ATI X1200 (the AMD 690 chipset). XOrg log
was pretty clear on that.
Now I'm really stuck :-(

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Tommy Bongaerts
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http://www.duskmetal.be

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