GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500
Hi, I have just tried to run XFree86 4.3.99.901 on a Dell Inspiron 8500 with a GeForce4 Ti 4200. Globally it works well, except for three things: 1) Although X detects the graphic chip (the log says: (--) Chipset GeForce4 4200 Go found), when I run XFree86 -configure the chip's correct name is not written in XF86Config.new: Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "Unknown Board" 2) I could not get the integrated flat panel (1680x1050) working without explicitly adding a specific modeline: Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 However, X correctly detects my flat panel: (--) NV(0): Panel size is 1680 x 1050 (--) NV(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes (==) NV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) NV(0): Monitor0: Using default hsync range of 28.00-33.00 kHz (II) NV(0): Monitor0: Using default vrefresh range of 43.00-72.00 Hz (II) NV(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz But it lacks a default 1680x1050 mode, so it defaults to 640x480. Maybe adding a default 1680x1050 mode would help Dell laptop users who don't want to bother with modelines (or aren't skilled enough) ? 3) When I switch back from graphics mode to text mode, the text display is messed up: the display is not correctly centered, one pixel out of two remains off, and horizontal lines appear when some text is printed on the last line. Here is the lspci output corresponding to my graphics adapter: 01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0286 (rev a1) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0179Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11Memory at fc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]Memory at f000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Expansion ROM at 8000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0 Best regards, congratulations for the great work done so far. Christophe Jacquet. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Christophe Jacquet wrote: > > > 3) When I switch back from graphics mode to text mode, the text display > is messed up: the display is not correctly centered, one pixel out of > two remains off, and horizontal lines appear when some text is printed > on the last line. > Did it used to work? I've never had one of these laptops myself so I've never tested on one. Does hitting the "Font" key fix it up again? Mark. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500
Mark Vojkovich wrote: Did it used to work? I've never had one of these laptops myself so I've never tested on one. Actually, it is the first time I try to get XFree86 working on this laptop. Does hitting the "Font" key fix it up again? What do you mean with "Font" key ? If you think of a key enabling to toggle display expansion, to my knowledge there is no such key on the Inspiron 8500. However, I've found out that Diego Santa Cruz, who also owns an Inspiron 8500, notes [1]: "I experienced problems when coming from graphical mode back to text mode in that the screen would be all garbled. I disabled the display expansion in the BIOS and the problem disappeared." Regards, Christophe. [1] http://ltswww.epfl.ch/~dsanta/resources/dell-i8500-linux ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500
That's funny, I had the same problem, only I have a Diamond Stealth II S220 and use the generic SVGA server. Whenever I switch to text mode and ESPECIALLY if I had a virtual resolution, it seems as if the video card isn't beginning the text scans at the right place, it's as if someone "scrolled" the text display over to the right by a character, and this is confusing because the cursor is correctly placed. If I type a few characters the text mode display jumps back to where it should have been in the first place. Whatever code is responsible for restoring text mode is messing up big time. Is this the kernel, or does the X server handle switches back to text mode? Similar problems on different architectures suggest that this fault is in global code. From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Christophe Jacquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500 Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:07:32 -0800 (PST) On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Christophe Jacquet wrote: > > > 3) When I switch back from graphics mode to text mode, the text display > is messed up: the display is not correctly centered, one pixel out of > two remains off, and horizontal lines appear when some text is printed > on the last line. > Did it used to work? I've never had one of these laptops myself so I've never tested on one. Does hitting the "Font" key fix it up again? Mark. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel _ Wonder if the latest virus has gotten to your computer? Find out. Run the FREE McAfee online computer scan! http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Raymond Jennings wrote: > That's funny, I had the same problem, only I have a Diamond Stealth II S220 > and use the generic SVGA server. Whenever I switch to text mode and > ESPECIALLY if I had a virtual resolution, it seems as if the video card > isn't beginning the text scans at the right place, it's as if someone > "scrolled" the text display over to the right by a character, and this is > confusing because the cursor is correctly placed. If I type a few > characters the text mode display jumps back to where it should have been in > the first place. > > Whatever code is responsible for restoring text mode is messing up big time. > Is this the kernel, or does the X server handle switches back to text > mode? > > Similar problems on different architectures suggest that this fault is in > global code. The driver is responsible for restoring the text mode. It is the XFree86 driver's fault alone when the text mode is not properly restored. Mark. > > > >From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Christophe Jacquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500 > >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:07:32 -0800 (PST) > > > >On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Christophe Jacquet wrote: > > > > > > > > > 3) When I switch back from graphics mode to text mode, the text display > > > is messed up: the display is not correctly centered, one pixel out of > > > two remains off, and horizontal lines appear when some text is printed > > > on the last line. > > > > > > >Did it used to work? I've never had one of these laptops myself > >so I've never tested on one. > > > >Does hitting the "Font" key fix it up again? > > > > > > Mark. > > ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500 (Filter no 20311056)
So this bug is in recent versions too? not just stoneware? In that case, I shall be posting to bugzilla. From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:39:02 -0800 (PST) On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Raymond Jennings wrote: > That's funny, I had the same problem, only I have a Diamond Stealth II S220 > and use the generic SVGA server. Whenever I switch to text mode and > ESPECIALLY if I had a virtual resolution, it seems as if the video card > isn't beginning the text scans at the right place, it's as if someone > "scrolled" the text display over to the right by a character, and this is > confusing because the cursor is correctly placed. If I type a few > characters the text mode display jumps back to where it should have been in > the first place. > > Whatever code is responsible for restoring text mode is messing up big time. > Is this the kernel, or does the X server handle switches back to text > mode? > > Similar problems on different architectures suggest that this fault is in > global code. The driver is responsible for restoring the text mode. It is the XFree86 driver's fault alone when the text mode is not properly restored. Mark. > > > >From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Christophe Jacquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500 > >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:07:32 -0800 (PST) > > > >On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Christophe Jacquet wrote: > > > > > > > > > 3) When I switch back from graphics mode to text mode, the text display > > > is messed up: the display is not correctly centered, one pixel out of > > > two remains off, and horizontal lines appear when some text is printed > > > on the last line. > > > > > > >Did it used to work? I've never had one of these laptops myself > >so I've never tested on one. > > > >Does hitting the "Font" key fix it up again? > > > > > > Mark. > > ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel _ Get holiday tips for festive fun. http://special.msn.com/network/happyholidays.armx ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
