Display problem

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:37:44AM -0500, Jose wrote:
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Ranges: V min: 50  V max: 120 Hz, H
> min: 30  H max: 69 kHz, PixClock max 110 MHz
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Serial No: 122CG43HE775
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Monitor name: COMPAQ S710
> (--) TRIDENT(0): Revision is 130
> (--) TRIDENT(0): Found Blade3D chip
> (--) TRIDENT(0): Unable to determine VideoRam,
> defaulting to 1MB

Hmm, that looks unfortunate.

> (--) TRIDENT(0): Using HW cursor
> (--) TRIDENT(0): VideoRAM: 1024 kByte
> (--) TRIDENT(0): Memory Clock is 90.38 MHz
> (==) TRIDENT(0): Min pixel clock is 12 MHz
> (--) TRIDENT(0): Max pixel clock is 115 MHz
> (WW) TRIDENT(0): config file hsync range 28-60kHz not
> within DDC hsync ranges.
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Monitor[0]: Using hsync range of
> 28.00-60.00 kHz
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Monitor[0]: Using vrefresh range of
> 50.00-60.00 Hz
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 115.00 MHz
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using mode "1024x768"
> (insufficient memory for mode)

And explains this problem.

> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using mode "800x600"
> (insufficient memory for mode)

And this one.

> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using mode "768x576"
> (insufficient memory for mode)

And this one.

> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using mode "640x480"
> (insufficient memory for mode)A

Now there are none of the modes you asked for in the config left.

> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode "800x512"
> (insufficient memory for mode)
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440"
> (insufficient memory for mode)
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode "960x720"
> (insufficient memory for mode)
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536"
> (insufficient memory for mode)
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536"
> (insufficient memory for mode)
> (II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536"
> (insufficient memory for mode)
> (WW) TRIDENT(0): Mode pool is empty
> (EE) TRIDENT(0): No valid modes found

And the result is that there are no valid modes left for it to use, and
hence it can't give you a display.

> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable
> configuration.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found

Which is clearly what it says here.

So you have to tell it in the config exactly how much memory the video
chip has since it apparently can't detect that on your particular chip.

If you reduce colour depth to 8 bit, you would have enough memory even
with 1MB to run your requested modes, but not in 24bit.

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Len Sorensen
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