The nv driver can only drive a panel in resolutions up to the resolution that the BIOS posts to. In the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file there is a line that looks like: "Panel size is" blah x blah It should work with resolutions up to that size. It will not work with resolutions beyond that size. Mark. On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Ed Vazquez wrote: > Hoping someone can help. Been to the modeline generators out > there (Colas, et. al.) and still having weirdness. > > System is a Dell P360 with an nVidia QuadroFX 1000 256Mb RAM > card. > > Monitor is a Dell 1901FP (LCD 19") that per Dell can handle > HSync 28-96, VSync 56-76 and a clock of 140MHz. > > OS is OpenBSD 3.6, XFree86 rebuilt from source for v4.4.0 release. > > Using something like Knoppix, I can get decent resolution and > color, up to 1280x1024. > > However, with OpenBSD, _every_ resolution from 640x480 up shows > odd moire patterns for the default grey background, which on > close exam show the "jiggle" of incorrect frequency/etc. > > I have tried using the modeline generators, same issue > (sometimes with a screen position problem added in). I have > tried replicating the modelines from Knoppix, same issue. I > have tried switching to the svga driver instead of the nv > driver. Same issue. > > I don't want to fry my flatpanel, nor do I want to stare at > strobing images/text. > > Help? Further debug info I can send on? > > Thanks! > > -- > Ed Vazquez > > After all is said and done, more is said than done. > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
