Re Using scaling mode

[Jordan Crouse]

On 20/08/08 12:52 +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On Aug 7, 2008 Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > You can change the mode with the xrandr
> > utility.  The following is the output from my system with a 1024x768
> > panel attached:
> >
> > me at geodelx:~# xrandr
> > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 1024 x 1024
> > default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> >   1024x768       60.0
> >   800x600        60.0*
> >   640x480        60.0
> >   512x384        60.0
> >   400x300        60.0
> >   320x240        60.0
> >   1024x1024      60.0
> >
> > The 1024x768 is the native mode determined automatically.  The other  
> > modes
> > are "default" resolutions inserted by the X server.  To change a mode,
> > its as easy as this:
> >
> > xrandr --output default --mode <mode>
> >
> > So to scale a 800x600 screen to 1024x768, you do this:
> >
> > xrandr --output default --mode 800x600
> >
> > Now, you might not see a mode in the list that meets your fancy.   
> > You can
> > add a "pseudo" mode to xrandr like so:
> >
> > xrandr --newmode <name> <clock MHz>
> >          <hdisp> <hsync-start> <hsync-end> <htotal>
> > 	 <vdisp> <vsync-start> <vsync-end> <vtotal>
> > 	 [+HSync] [-HSync] [+VSync] [-VSync]
> >
> > And attach them to the default output with:
> >
> > xrandr --addmode default <name>
> >
> > You can specify any resolution you want - just specify the width  
> > (hdisp)
> > and height (vdisp) entries - the rest of the entries can be 0.
> 
> I tried that on a B4 running joyride-2301 and it did not work. Xrandr  
> reports 1200x900 as min and max resolutions. Adding a mode gave no  
> error, but switching to that mode gave "Configure crtc 0 failed".
> 
> This is xorg-x11-drv-geode 0:2.10.0-1.olpc3.1, which was added to  
> joyride-2269 on Aug 7 so I assumed it is the version you were talking  
> about.

I doubt it is - I don't think anybody has added the new driver to
Joyride automatically, and if they dead, then they need to be beaten
soundly with a wet noodle, because this code isn't ready to inflict on
the children of the world quite yet.  You'll need to build a new 
driver from the tree.

Jordan

-- 
Jordan Crouse
Systems Software Development Engineer 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.