ke4nt1
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Posted: Sep. 21 2004,14:50 |
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Somebody step in here and correct me if I'm wrong on this...
My understanding was that the options shown in Xvesa -listmodes
were the possible vesa options available in your VIDEO BIOS .
This is not a bug or fault in Xvesa or DSL, it is simply the
limits imposed by the card manufacturer for VESA compatibility.
Many card manufacturers have lots of possible vesa resolutions available..
Looks like the Matrox G400 is very limited ..
Under another Xserver like XF86 or Xorg, you use a dedicated
"matrox" server to communicate with X, which gives you the
full capabilities of the card ..
The Kdrive Xserver for DSL only uses your possible vesa options.
I don't know if cbagger01's post about possible framebuffer
resolutions, then using the xfbdev will increase your capabilities
over the Xvesa server options available.. It's worth a try.
cbagger01 is much more familiar with the framebuffer package than I am...
I easily use 1280x1024 on my boxes, using an GForce 2 card..
...in refreshing my post, I see that skaos has also responded similarily...
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