Bug#289338: xserver-xfree86: impossible to setup 1400x1050 mode

[Fabien COUTANT]

Le Sat, 05 May 2007 00:02:50 +0200, Brice Goglin a écrit:
> Hi,
> 
> About 2 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding the
> 3dfx driver not accepting 1400x1050 resolution. Did you reproduce this
> problem recently? With Xorg/Etch? If not, I will close this bug in the
> next weeks.

This was not easy to check because my tdfx configuration was asleep in a
closet.  Anyway I did a fresh Etch install on it and can report now.

The bug is still here, though I have some news: the "unknown reason" is
still here but there a line just before saying
  "rejecting mode with horizontal resolution 1400 not divisibile by 16 and
   clock 179260 greater than 135000"
(check the joined logs / configs)

Of course 1400 isn't a multiple of 16 but I know it's not a hardware
constraint.  Additionally I tested with no explicit modeline and it works
out a 1400x1050 @ 60 Hz resolution !  (see t1/*)

I don't know where the 135000 comes from... but it's totally not coherent.
It has picked up 1280x960 @ 85 Hz which works at 148.5 MHz.  The card has
aXorg.0.log clock range (logged) from 12 to 270 MHz which is far enough to
display themode I wanted.

And the DRI is still disabled at hi-res :( ... well that's another bug.

Joined config & logs: xtests.tar.bz2 contains xtests/t{1,2}/
{xorg.conf,Xorg.0.log}.  t1 has no modeline and displays 1400x1050 @ 60Hz,
while t2 has an explicit modeline and only displays at 1280x960.

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Hope this helps,
Fabien.


xtests.tar.bz2
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Bug#399411: xserver-xorg: gtf command missing

[Fabien COUTANT]

Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-6
Severity: important

In sarge I used this little program to generate monitor timing lines for
modes for which the server didn't have a definition, or for which it used
a sub-optimal definition.

I still need this program to define correct timings for 1400x1050 or
1280x960 for example.

In sarge it was part of xserver-xfree86.  It was also in sarge's backport
xserver-xorg.  Please bring it back, or make it available in a separate
package.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii  debconf  1.5.8   Debian configuration management sy
ii  x11-common   1:7.1.0-6   X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  xbase-clients1:7.1.ds-3  miscellaneous X clients
ii  xkb-data 0.9-4   X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  xserver-xorg-core2:1.1.1-10  X.Org X server -- core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev [xs 1:1.1.2-6   X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd [xser 1:1.1.0-4   X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse [xs 1:1.1.1-3   X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati [xser 1:6.6.3-2   X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-dummy [xs 1:0.2.0-3   X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [xs 1:0.3.0-3   X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
ii  xserver-xorg-video-i810 [xse 2:1.7.2-1   X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx [xse 1:1.2.1-5   X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri
ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l [xser 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vesa [xse 1:1.2.1-3   X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vga [xser 1:4.1.0-3   X.Org X server -- VGA display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vmware [x 1:10.13.0-3 X.Org X server -- VMware display d

Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii  discover1  1.7.19hardware identification system
ii  laptop-detect  0.12.1attempt to detect a laptop
pn  mdetect(no description available)
ii  xresprobe  0.4.23debian1 X Resolution Probe

-- debconf information:
  xserver-xorg/multiple_possible_x-drivers:
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/use_sync_ranges: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/port: /dev/input/mice
  xserver-xorg/config/doublequote_in_string_error:
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm)
* shared/default-x-server: xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg/config/device/default-identifier:
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2
  shared/no_known_x-server:
* xserver-xorg/config/display/default_depth: 16
* xserver-xorg/config/display/modes: 1400x1050, 1280x960, 1152x864, 1024x768, 
800x600, 640x480
  xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 80-150
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options:
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_keyboard: false
* xserver-xorg/config/device/use_fbdev: false
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant:
  xserver-xorg/config/nonnumeric_string_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout: fr
* xserver-xorg/config/modules: bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, 
int10, type1, v4l, vbe
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/identifier: Belinea
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: true
  xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse: true
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 30-96
* xserver-xorg/config/device/video_ram:
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/range_input_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: pc102
* xserver-xorg/config/device/driver: ati
* xserver-xorg/config/device/identifier: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 
9200 PRO]
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method: Advanced
  xserver-xorg/config/null_string_error:
  shared/multiple_possible_x-servers:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id: PCI:1:0:0
* xserver-xorg/config/write_files_section: true
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card: true
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list: 1024x768 @ 60Hz
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: xorg
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/default-identifier:

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Hope this helps,
Fabien.


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Bug#289328: Bug #289328 - xserver-xfree86: DRI disabled despite it would work

[Fabien COUTANT]

On Sunday, 13 February 2005, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Would you mind providing seom more details ?
of course, here we go...

> i saw an error message:
> 
> (II) TDFX(0): [dri] VideoRAM = 16384, VirtualXres = 1408, VirtualYres= 1056,
> (WW) TDFX(0): [dri] To use DRI, with a 16Mb Voodoo 3 or Banshee card, you must
>   invoke the server using a maximum resolution of 1024x768 or lower.
> 
> Is your card really a 16MB ? If not can you trying
> Option "VideoRam" "your_ram_size"
> in XF86Config-4 device section .

It really has 16MB (and always had ;)

> If you still have a log of one of the X session with DRI at high
> resolution , could you send it .

Sad... I've now replaced my woody by a sarge and can't reproduce it any
more...  and have no backup, only packages CDs :(
If that's very important I could try to extract into sarge and run the X
server I used on woody, switch the graphic cards and make a run to get a
log, but that's a quite heavy manipulation

> Your kernel version , the agp aperture size could help too.
> $ uname -a

Linux harris 2.4.27-1-k7-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 20:19:10 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
(NB: was already reported in original /var/log/XFree86.0.log)

I'm running a bi-AthlonMP, maybe some AMD/3Dnow specific code is triggered
and bugs things...

> $ grep AGP /var/log/messages

!!!WARNING!!! ok to provide this, but it is probably not significant since
I'm now running with another graphics card (a Radeon).

Feb  1 06:53:47 harris kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe000
Feb  1 06:54:04 harris kernel: [drm] AGP 0.99 Aperture @ 0xe000 128MB


> There may be an issue with the driver, i find :
> (II) TDFX(0): DRAMINIT1 read 0x284031, programming 0x202031 (not Banshee)
> ^^^
> awkward as it is obviously a banshee. 

Yes.  And not sure but I seem to remember it was already here when it
worked.  It's a Diamond "Monster Fusion", maybe the vendor tweaked RAM
timings to improve speed or stability ?

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Fabien.



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Bug#289338: additional info about 1400x1050

[Fabien COUTANT]

Hello, some news about the bug:
I had the occasion to temporarily change my graphics card and try a Radeon
9250 (detected as "9200PRO 5960").  Doing so my 1400x1050 mode definition
was accepted and I could use it.  So the bug may be related to the tdfx
driver, or, the other way round, the radeon driver does something to enable
the acceptance of the mode.

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Fabien.


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