[dundee] Mame , Modelines and Pacman

[Andrew Clayton]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:15:09 +0000 (GMT), Lee Hughes wrote:

> I have mode lines, I'm currently using Vesa and giving it some hints
> 
> HorizSync 15-30
> VertRefresh 50-90
> 
> and I can output, however... it's a screen is a bit squished, if I
> run xvidtune it's says
> 
> Video modes are not tunable on this chip
> 
> So presumably I'm going to have to get the nvidia driver working.
> 
> 
> 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7025
> (rev a2)
> 
> which is on board evil thing, but it's the best I have? 
> 
> what driver do I need for this, there seems to be lots of drivers?
> 
> 
> no, I've head the nvidia driver mostly ignores the xorg.conf file,
> and builds it own? so, how am I going to feed it custom mode
> lines  :-(

The binary nvidia driver? I'm pretty sure that uses the xorg.conf
though you can maybe override stuff afterwards with some nvidia
utility and it does bring it's own GL along for the ride and various
other bits. Avoid it like the plague.

The open source nv driver certainly reads xorg.conf as does the nouveau
driver. I'd try the latter and get rid of any monitor sections and let
X probe for the modes and use xrandr to set the mode you want.

We are pretty close now to not even needing an xorg.conf.
Amazing how far things have come.


Andrew