From: John M. G. <joh...@ya...> - 2005-05-21 20:34:48
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--- Alex Deucher <ale...@gm...> wrote: > On 5/15/05, John M. Gabriele <joh...@ya...> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > I've never had a problem getting bios output on the DVI port. The > > > relevant option for your config is: > > > > > > Option "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, CRT" > > > > > > replace CRT with NONE if you only need the DVI port. > > > > > > Alex > > > > Thanks Alex. I'm guessing that option goes into the Device > > section where I'll also have: Driver "radeon" > > > > yes > > > I'll pick one of the Radeons (up to 9200) listed at > > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon though I'm guessing > > a PowerColor, Sapphire, Rosewill, etc. will work fine (please > > let me know if there's any to avoid) and I'll give it a shot! :) > > > > ---J > > > > those shoudl be fine. Some people seem to have issues with high-res > DVI on 9200SE cards, so if you can, I'd stick with a 9250 or a non-SE > 9200. > > Alex > Epilogue: My 20'' 1600x1200 Dell 2001FP arrived earlier than expected and I needed a video card quick. Looking at "man radeon" and also at the ATI Radeon page on the DRI website, it looked like the R100 & R200 were the preferred chipsets, and that the RV100/RV200/RV250's were the cheaper ones... I really wanted an 8500 (R200), but the only ones in the stores were the 7000 (RV100) and the 9250 cards (which weren't specifically mentioned in the radeon man page, though I see that Alex mentioned it above). (Of course, the stores also had the brand new models which I wasn't interested in). I ended up getting a generic CompUSA Radeon 7000 with the DVI-I, VGA, and TV-out ports (65 MB, AGP). Yes, I could've gotten it $20 cheaper from NewEgg, but last time I got this card from NewEgg is was DOA (so I had to pay shipping twice for nothing), and I wanted something to use right now this weekend. The card worked great. Before shutting down the computer for the last time with the "old" 15-pin mini-DIN-only card (radeon 9000), I went into my XF86Config-4 file and manually changed the following: - In the Monitor section, changed Identifier, HorizSync, and VertRefresh, - Made the Device section look like: Section "Device" Identifier "ati_radeon_7000" Driver "radeon" Option "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, NONE" #VideoRam 65536 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection - In the Screen section, changed all the 1024x768's to 1600x1200 (and of course, changed the Device and Monitor entries to match what I put in above) Rebooted and everything was great. The only problem is, I think the driver is using subpixel something-or-other (the black letters on white backgroud seem to have the slightest rainbows around the edges, which I don't like). Is this a DRI thing, or a freetype2 thing? If anyone knows how to shut off this sub-pixel font rendering thingy, please let me know. Thanks, ---J Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html |