On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 01:41:30PM +0100, Alfonso Fiore wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote: > > > > $ xrandr -q > > > > will show all modes detected and the current configuration. Then use the > > normal xrandr commands to select your desired resolution. Also can you > > attach full dmesg with drm.debug=0xe again, the one you've attached is > > missing a few things at the top. Maybe your kernel dmesg buffer is too > > small. You can adjust that size with log_buf_len=2M or so on the kernel > > cmdline. > > > >> > Also, can you describe "oddly placed" more precisely (maybe with a pic)? > >> > >> attached the two pictures of LightDM, with and without nomodeset with > >> kernel keithp plus drm-intel-fixes (without Peter's patch for > >> interlaced). > > > > This looks like overscan/scaling-comp gone wrong (but I haven't ever seen > > that in practice, so not much clue). Rodrigo is working on patches to add > > support for overscan comp, maybe he has a few patches for you to try. > > Ok, > > so I attached the new logs and also a screenshot of how my desktop > looks like and always looked like with Sandy Bridge if I don't use > nomodeset. Some kernels make it flicker, but not this one. > > also, how to change resolution after xrandr -q? I only learned how to > do it in the way I showed earlier. Like Peter said: $ xrandr --output <output> --mode <mode> > the output of xrandr is in the logs too. Couldn't find it, it looks like the old targz with the cut-off dmesg. -Daniel PS: Putting the list back on cc. Please don't drop things from cc. Also for quick question it's easier if you prod us on irc, #intel-gfx on freenode. -- Daniel Vetter Mail: daniel at ffwll.ch Mobile: +41 (0)79 365 57 48