special resolution with xorg

[Nic Duerr]

Roland Scheidegger wrote:

> Nic Duerr wrote:
>
>> 580:(WW) NEOMAGIC(0): Option "NoDDC" is not used
>>
>> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -n EDID
>> 581: (WW) NEOMAGIC(0): Option "IgnoreEDID" is not used
>>
>>
>> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -n 1024x480
>> 382:(II) NEOMAGIC(0): Removing mode (1024x480) that won't display 
>> properly on LCD
>>
>> It seams the NoDDC and IgnoreEDID Options are processed too late, 
>> when neomagic has already tried to get the DDC information and 
>> discarded the 1024x480 mode.
>
> No, the warnings indicate the neomagic driver doesn't support these 
> options.
> Try Option "overrideValidateMode" "true" instead. The mode validation 
> of this driver seems to be pretty limited. No idea though if it 
> handles other modes than those validated there properly on a lcd.
>
Hey man, I owe you a beer (or two, or three)!!
overrideValidateMode did it and I'm finally having a usable X.

Thanks a lot
best regards
Nic