Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-12 Thread Pierre Chapuis
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:05:26 +0100, Damjan Georgievski wrote: >>  - Is there a way to change the mode on the fly without rebooting? > > I haven't tested it but you can try "fbset" fbset works without KMS but not with it. It does change something, but not thye way you want. For example with a 128

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Damjan Georgievski
>  - Is there a way to change the mode on the fly without rebooting? I haven't tested it but you can try "fbset" > - Is there a way to enforce an aspect ratio, eg. to have a 4:3 mode >with black stripes on the sides on a 16:10 strip? I'm not sure about this, maybe if you set a lower 4:3 res

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Pierre Chapuis
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:52:37 +0100, Pierre Chapuis wrote: > on a 16:10 strip? Of course I meant a 16:10 screen... -- catwell

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Pierre Chapuis
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:28:53 -0500, Alexander Lam wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Pierre Chapuis > wrote: >> I saw on arch-announce that xf86-video-intel now only supports KMS, and I >> wanted to ask: is there still a way to specify the resolution of virtual >> consoles, like we used to

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Alexander Lam
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Pierre Chapuis wrote: > I saw on arch-announce that xf86-video-intel now only supports KMS, and I > wanted to ask: is there still a way to specify the resolution of virtual > consoles, like we used to do with vga=XXX in kernel options? > > -- > catwell > vga=: ex

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 11.02.2010 14:28, schrieb Damien Churchill: > I think you can use video=...@refreshrate > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Kernel_Modesetting This is not documented in ArchWiki yet, and I think it has been a new feature in .31 or .32. For laptop displays, the right resolution should

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Damien Churchill
On 11 February 2010 13:26, Jeroen Op 't Eynde wrote: > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:30:58 +0100, Pierre Chapuis > wrote: > >> I saw on arch-announce that xf86-video-intel now only supports KMS, and I >> wanted to ask: is there still a way to specify the resolution of virtual >> consoles, like we used t

Re: [arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

2010-02-11 Thread Jeroen Op 't Eynde
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:30:58 +0100, Pierre Chapuis wrote: I saw on arch-announce that xf86-video-intel now only supports KMS, and I wanted to ask: is there still a way to specify the resolution of virtual consoles, like we used to do with vga=XXX in kernel options? http://wiki.archlinux.o