starter tips on fixing autodtection for a crusty old driver

[Alex Deucher]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:55 AM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-trident/+bug/315329
>
> Ye olde ancient Trident driver doesn't autodetect 1024x768 properly -
> it sets the display to 800x600 as the biggest supported mode. Looking
> at the xorg.0.log, it detects the TFT as 1024x768 properly, but thinks
> all 1024x768 modes are out of hsync or vsync range.
>
> Now, (a) it would be nice to have this autodetect because xorg.conf
> sucks (b) it's a crusty old driver which even I would class as "we
> welcome your patch" rather than any sort of showstopper.
>
> So. Where would one start on fixing autodetection code for a crusty old driver?

Something like this should do the trick:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-savage/commit/?id=fd20f5ddc2ef5945a757f6afedff5fb6214b607e

Alex