linux display driver for M810LMR motherboard/prosavage4 graphics

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Tue Jan 24 19:45:46 UTC 2006


On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 09:19:01AM -0500, PW Armstrong wrote:
> Lenn  -  It was the monitor settings, nothing to do with the vc 
> driver(s).  Monitor was set to unknown type, with a dpi setting of 0x0.  
> Changed the dpi, and refresh rates, and was then able to set the 
> resolution to 1280x1024, and using the VESA generic driver it works fine.

You will get much better performance from the nv driver than the vesa
driver.

> Lenn, thx for your help and tips.  And when I get the time, will 
> definitely upgrade to a current distro.  Any recommendation?  I know, 
> that's a loaded question, no need to answer.  Thx.

I run Debian stable at work, and Debian unstable on my main machine at
home.  My other toy machines run Debian testing, except for the SGI
which runs Irix 6.x and the Amigas which run AmigaOS (usually 1.3). :)

Len Sorensen
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