[Openchrome-users] Status of drivers?

[Xavier Bachelot]

Philip Prindeville wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm still running FC6 on an SP-13000, but I've
> also put on the DVI daughter-card, and upgraded
> some of the drivers to the FC7 development distro:
> 
> xorg-x11-apps-7.1-3.fc6
> xorg-x11-drivers-7.2-2.fc7
> ...
> xorg-x11-drv-jamstudio-1.1.0-1.1
> xorg-x11-drv-joystick-1.1.0-1.1
> xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.1.0-2.1
> ...
> xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.1.1-4
> xorg-x11-drv-vesa-1.2.1-4
> xorg-x11-drv-vga-4.1.0-2.1
> xorg-x11-drv-via-0.2.1-7
> ...
> xorg-x11-filesystem-7.1-2.fc6
> xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-base-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-truetype-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-font-utils-7.1-2
> xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.1-9.fc6
> xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.2.0-6.fc7
> xorg-x11-server-utils-7.1-4.fc6
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.2.99.901-1.fc7
> xorg-x11-twm-1.0.1-3.1
> xorg-x11-util-macros-1.0.2-4.fc6
> xorg-x11-utils-7.1-2.fc6
> xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.1-2.1
> xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-3.1
> xorg-x11-xfs-utils-1.0.2-3.1
> xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.fc6
> xorg-x11-xkb-utils-1.0.2-2.1
> 
> 
> I've attached my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log
> files.  Note the following:
> 
> 
> (**) VIA(0): Option "NoDDC"
> (II) VIA(0): I2C device "I2C bus 3:VT162x" registered at address 0x40.
> (--) VIA(0): Detected VIA Technologies VT1622A/VT1623 TV Encoder
> (--) VIA(0): VT162x: S-Video connected.
> (II) VIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-81.00 kHz
> (II) VIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 56.00-76.00 Hz
> (II) VIA(0): Clock range:  20.00 to 230.00 MHz(II) VIA(0): Not using mode "1920x1200" (monitor doesn't support reduced
> blanking)
> ...
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1080" (horizontal timing out of range)
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "960x540" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) VIA(0): CrtcHBlankStart out of range.
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1080" (horizontal timing out of range)
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "960x540" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1080" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> ...
> (II) VIA(0): Not using mode "1920x1200" (no mode of this name)
> (II) VIA(0): Required bandwidth is not available. (499200000 > 461000000)
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (mode clock too high)
> (II) VIA(0): Required bandwidth is not available. (493047689 > 461000000)
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "1680x1050" (mode clock too high)
> (II) VIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1080" (width too large for virtual size)
> (--) VIA(0): Virtual size is 1680x1200 (pitch 1680)
> (**) VIA(0): *Default mode "1600x1200": 162.0 MHz (scaled from 1212212.8 MHz), 75.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> (II) VIA(0): Modeline "1600x1200"  162.00  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
> ...
> 
> 
> Was wondering about the following:
> 
> * How do I convince my driver that it can (and has in
>   the past) support memory fetches fast enough for
>   1920x1200 at 60Hz?

Try with a non-reduced blanking modeline ?

> * Is there a way to run two outputs (Xinerama or dual-heads)
>   on either VGA + SVideo or SVideo + VGA or SVideo + DVI?

Not yet.

> * Is DVI even supported yet?
>
Not yet.

> Also, can the man page be fixed?  It says:
> 
> via - VIA unichrome graphics driver
> 
This is ok, via is the xorg driver name, it drives unichrome chipsets 
manufactured by VIA.

> and then later on:
> 
> Authors include: ...
> 
Agreed, some names could certainly be added here. It'll need some 
history check first.

> Hmmmm.  Maybe we could throw in the word "openchrome" somewhere
> in the man page?
> 
Maybe too, but I mostly see openchrome as the development ground for the 
xorg driver, the situation with the 4 different drivers (VIA, xorg, 
unichrome, openchrome) is already confusing enough w/o adding to it.

> Thanks,
> 
> -Philip
> 
Oh, and btw, I'm not building my set of RPMS against FC7 yet, but 
everything is fine with the FC6 ones. Take a look if you hadn't since a 
while.

Regards,
Xavier