[Nouveau] NV86 (Quadro NVS 140M) errors in dmesg

[Jasper Bryant-Greene]

On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 04:10 +0200, Stephane Marchesin wrote:
> On 8/2/08, Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper at amiton.co.nz> wrote:
> >  Also, is there any way to force the DPI with nouveau? [snip]

> Your panel size should be reported in the X.Org log, check that it is correct.

Yes, it is reported correctly in the Xorg log. The nvidia binary driver
also reports it correctly, and has the same bug with DPI unless I
specify 'Option DPI "96 x 96"' under Device in xorg.conf.

(**) NOUVEAU(0): Display dimensions: (330, 210) mm

> >  I'm guessing its my laptop panel reporting incorrect values for
> >  something, but I still need to work around it :)

> You can use the xrandr utility to force the panel size/dpi value.

I will try this, though I would prefer to be able to set it in the Xorg
configuration so that X doesn't start with the wrong dpi and then switch
to the correct one...

-jasper