On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 20:08 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On 2/22/07, Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 16:55 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > > > > > > However, I'm still getting the same snowy effects, which doesn't come > > > as a surprise since the actual mode timings used are just the same ... > > > > Yes, because the EDID has only 1 mode entry. But now you can use 'fbset > > 1024x768-60' (or any mode smaller than 1600x1200-60) for example and it > > should work. > > No, it doesn't. I've tried all the methods from 640x480 to 1600x1200, > and they /all/ come up snowy. This is starting to look queerer and > queerer. I've also tried changing vf min and max as you suggested:
Before we proceed, do you agree that the patch will allow you to change video modes without disabling DDC support? So this is still a valid fix? > > > You might want to change vfmin and vfmax to 59 and 61 > > and even the M and MR methods which you suggested in the other email. > Since nvidiafb is being loaded from the command line because it's a > blacklisted module otherwise, I've been using the mode_option option. > However, neither the mode_option nor fbset seem to give me anything > not snowy. When does your display become snowy? Is the snow constant or does it only snow when doing heavy text operations, such as scrolling? I presume that X's nv driver or vesafb does not exhibit this problem? Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/