> -----Original Message----- > From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- > boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Kamble, Nitin A > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:02 AM > To: Darren Hart > Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org > Subject: Re: [yocto] [PATCH 2/6] crownbay: customize the xorg.conf for the > flat panel on the corwnbay kit > > > >> On 07/23/2012 03:06 AM, nitin.a.kam...@intel.com wrote: > > >>> From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kam...@intel.com> > > >>> > > >>> The kit has Auo 800x600 LCD screen. Configuring Xorg for it. > > >> > > >> I presume the crownbay has additional display options? how does > > >> this impact those? > > >> > > > This change sets the resolution of the screen to 800x600. And this > > > is applicable to LCD screen on the kit as well as external monitor. > > > I will add a note about it in the log. > > > > I presume that without this change it was able to detect the > > appropriate resolution of the connected monitor, but not of the LCD? > > > > If so, this change effectively breaks that autodetection and forces > > everything to the 800x600 display which is arguably very > > low-resolution by today's standards. Why should this be the default? > > When you refer to "the kit", what exactly are you referring to? > > > > Also, is this a discussion you have already had with Tom? I don't want > > to contradict what he has said regarding this BSP. > > > EMGD driver on crownbay gives few resolutions as options. By default it tries > to set 1366x768 resolution for both LCD and external monitor. > The Crownbay kit is a suitcase kind of box, which has builtin LCD screen of > resolution 800x600. This LCD screen shows only 800x600 of the default > 1366x768 area. So The LCD is not able to show all the screen, and IMO it is a > functional issue. > > For my Dell 1704FPTi monitor which has 1280x1024 native resolution; When > connected to the crownbay, X cannot find a working mode for this monitor. > But if I set 800x600 in the xorg.conf as this commit does, then both LCD & > external monitor can show the X screen without any issues. > > I guess if a 1366x768 resolution monitor is connected to crownbay, it will > show the X screen fine, but I don't have such monitor now. And also I think a > BSP should not have such resolution requirement for the attached monitor, > and attached LCD screen of the kit work without issues. > > So the point of this commit is, make default config such that it will work for > the LCD screen on the kit as well as any monitor attached. And if someone > wants to get better resolution with their external monitor then they need to > adjust the xorg.conf accordingly. > > BTW I did not have much discussion with Tom on this topic. >
Correction: the Dell 1704FPTi monitor can work with 1280x1024 resolution with crownbay, only if I specify the HorizSync and VertRefresh & resolution mode parameters for monitor in the xorg.conf Nitin _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto