On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 12:31:18PM +0000, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > I don't really agree here, modes are for the outgoing resolution, not > > > the input viewport. it would be far simpler to keep this simple > > > acceptation, and add a new keyword for defining the input viewport. > > > > Have you looked at the "Stretch" option on say the NeoMagic driver ? > > I have a 1024x768 laptop display, and by default (ie unless I use > > option "noStretch") all modes are stretched to fill the screen. > > Thus the modes (and modelines) describe the viewport size, not the > > output resolution. > > Interesting, i suppose the scaling is also done in the driver then, i will > have a look at how it works when i get some free time. > > I wonder how the driver knows what the laptop display size is ? do you > specify or does the monitor tell the driver about it with ddc ?
The driver gets it from the graphics chip. DDC info on these systems comes from an external mointor if one is connected. DDC for the builtin screen does not exist. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
