Intel driver does not honor Preferred Mode

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/9/07, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On 10/9/07, Chase Douglas <chasedouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> My TMDS-1 connected monitor does not like the default 1600x1200
> >> resolution used by X. I have created a new mode for this resolution that
> >> works for me. Unfortunately, the intel driver does not honor the
> >> "PreferredMode" option in my Monitor section.
> >>
> >> I'm using a gentoo ebuild, and I am trying to debug it, but it doesn't
> >> seem to build anything within src/modes and a grep on intel_drv.so for
> >> "using initial mode" shows that the code that outputs that line in the
> >> xorg log file is not included in the intel_drv.so. Where is the mode
> >> choosing code compiled into?
> >
> > The xserver (not the driver) handles the parsing and use of the monitor section.
>
> See:
>
> http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/x11-server/current/SOURCES/0107-Make-PreferredMode-option-in-config-file-override-ED.patch?revision=61432&view=markup
> and
> http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/x11-server/current/SOURCES/0128-xorg-server-1.3.0.0-fix-deadloop-using-PreferredMode.patch?revision=94119&view=markup

does any one have a preference on the second patch (I know there are
several floating around.  We should apply one of them to master.

Alex