Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] rivafb + NV17

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@ho...>]

On Saturday 13 November 2004 03:55, David Liontooth wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> Thank you for the hints and suggestions.
>
> >>I'm also wondering if it's possible to tell the rivafb module to use
> >>the right mode when loading -- at the moment it loads into 640x480
> >>and then I use fbset to change it to 1280x854. Here's the first
> >>entry in my /etc/fb.modes:
> >
> >Currently, no.  You have to add your modeline into the kernel's
> >modeline table which is located in drivers/video/modedb.c (unless
> >your mode is already present).
>
> I added these lines:
>
>  {
>         /* 1280x854 @ 85 Hz, 47.58 kHz hsync */
>         NULL, 85, 1280, 854, 11723, 240, 16, 31, 0, 256, 7,
>         FB_SYNC_HOR_HIGH_ACT|FB_SYNC_VERT_HIGH_ACT, FB_VMODE_NONINTERLACED
>     },
>
> and these (shifting the numbers down):
>
> /* 18 1280x854-85 VESA */
>         { NULL, 85, 1280, 854, 11723, 240, 16, 31, 0, 256, 7,
>           FB_SYNC_HOR_HIGH_ACT | FB_SYNC_VERT_HIGH_ACT,
>           FB_VMODE_NONINTERLACED, FB_MODE_IS_VESA },
>
> But got no effect. It's not critical.

Not in there, in the first database, struct fb_videomode *modedb.

Tony