[Openchrome-users] Widescreen Resolution

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Fri Dec 9 20:32:15 PST 2005


Widescreen Resolution
Hello,

I have a KM400 based mainboard and a widescreen display (Dell 2005FPW). It seems not to be possible to use the native resolution (1680*1050) or any other widescreen resolution (for example 1280 * 800).

I installed the latest driver (checked out from svn) compiled with an xorg sourcetree version 6.8.2. I tried with different modelines and with option noddc, without any luck.

from the log:

(II) VIA(0): ViaValidMode: Validating 1680x1050 (146200)
(II) VIA(0): ViaModePrimaryVGAValid
(II) VIA(0): Not using mode "1680x1050" (no clock available for mode)
(II) VIA(0): ViaValidMode: Validating 1600x1000 (132950)
(II) VIA(0): ViaModePrimaryVGAValid
(II) VIA(0): Not using mode "1600x1000" (no clock available for mode)
(II) VIA(0): ViaValidMode: Validating 1280x800 (83460)
(II) VIA(0): ViaModePrimaryVGAValid
(II) VIA(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no clock available for mode)

Has anyone an idea what I am doing wrong? Or is it a driver limitation?

Hendrik



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