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

[Stephane Marchesin]

On 8/2/08, Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper at amiton.co.nz> wrote:
> 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
>

Interesting, it seems the DPI is computed for a 1680x1680 video mode.
The size is the one used in case you use desktop rotation, but it
shouldn't be used for DPI computation.

Stephane