xorg 7.2->7.3 update and i810/intel driver

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:01:04 +0100
> From: Gerrit =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FChn?= <gerrit at weinberg2.de>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org
> 
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:28:50 +0100
> Gerrit Kühn <gerrit at weinberg2.de> wrote:
> 
> GK> I do not attach logfiles, cfg-files, output of
> GK> xrandr and so on here, because meanwhile I have quite a lot of them
> GK> here, and I don't know which one I should publish (and you
> GK> definitely do not want them all in here :-). Please let be know
> GK> what you need to know.
> 
> Meanwhile I have found a clue and a workaround: Using the intel driver,
> xrandr outputs the following:
> 
> ---
> zsh/2 253 % xrandr 
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1600 x 1600
> VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 0mm x 0mm
>    1024x768       60.0*+   85.0     75.0     70.1     60.0  
>    832x624        74.6  
>    800x600        85.1     72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
>    640x480        85.0     72.8     75.0     59.9  
>    720x400        85.0  
>    640x400        85.1  
>    640x350        85.1  
> TMDS-1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 432mm x 324mm
>    1600x1200      60.0 +   59.9  
>    1280x1024      75.0     59.9  
>    1152x864       75.0  
>    1024x768       75.1*    70.1     60.0  
>    832x624        74.6  
>    800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
>    640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     60.0  
>    720x400        70.1  
> TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> ---
> 
> 
> I do not know where the LVDS comes from. This machine is a MSI Axis
> 950, which definitely does not have an internal screen. However, this
> LVDS is picked up by X as default and limits the screen resolution.
> I managed to turn it off and set the external TMDS-1 to 1600x1200:
> 
> ---
> zsh/2 258 % xrandr --output TMDS-1 --mode 1600x1200
> [Mi 08/03/26 20:35 CET][p1][i386/freebsd7.0/7.0-BETA4][4.3.4]
> <gerrit at comet:~>
> zsh/2 259 % xrandr --output LVDS --off              
> 
> 
> zsh/2 261 % xrandr                    
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1600
> VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> LVDS connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>    1024x768       60.0 +   85.0     75.0     70.1     60.0  
>    832x624        74.6  
>    800x600        85.1     72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
>    640x480        85.0     72.8     75.0     59.9  
>    720x400        85.0  
>    640x400        85.1  
>    640x350        85.1  
> TMDS-1 connected 1600x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 432mm x 324mm
>    1600x1200      60.0*+   59.9  
>    1280x1024      75.0     59.9  
>    1152x864       75.0  
>    1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0  
>    832x624        74.6  
>    800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
>    640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     60.0  
>    720x400        70.1  
> TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> ---
> 
> 
> Now everything looks like it should on my monitor. I still don't
> understand where the connected LVDS comes from, though. Moreover, I
> would like to have a possibility to do this xrandr settings
> automatically when starting X. Any hints?

Put the commands in .xinitrc? Or in your session config if your setup
supports it. I use the following:
xrandr --addmode VGA2 1280x1024
xrandr --addmode VGA2 1024x768
xrandr --output VGA2 --mode 1280x1024

Modify the output(s) and mode(s) as needed.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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