Comment 107 for bug 433142

If you want to support a new mode(i.e. 1024x600@60), add it to your code, and let that mode to be default.
See my reply on #75, #82, #84, #93, #95.

Thanks,
Frank

> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
> Anewangelfades
> Sent: 2011年5月9日 22:43
> To: Huang, FrankR
> Subject: [Bug 433142] Re: geode driver do not display 1024x600 on (K)UNR
> Karmic
>
> Hello,
> The bug affects also affects 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and 11.04.
> Is there a way to fix it?
> I tried every xorg.conf here, but none works!
>
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> Title:
> geode driver do not display 1024x600 on (K)UNR Karmic
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-geode” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Geode driver do not display 1024x600 resolution in (K)UNR Karmic.
> Actually, the bug also affects Jaunty, but doesnt affect Intrepid.
>
> I used to use a custom xorg.conf in intrepid, but it doesnt work on
> Jaunty or Karmic. In Jaunty and karmic, I could only use 1024x768
> whick makes the screen bigger than the real display and is impossible
> to open new programs, specially in the menus (they simply disapear in
> the bottom of the screen).
>
> Further investigations on other distros made me think this is a
> regression from the xserver-xorg-video-geode 2.10.1-2. This bug
> affects all drivers from 2.10.1 (which is in Intrepid). In fact,
> Debian Lenny (that uses geode 2.10.1-2) works perfectly, VectorLinux
> 6.0 lite (that uses geode 2.9 - i think), also works. Jaunty (geode
> 2.11.1-1) and Karmic (2.11.4.1-1) dont work, they only display
> 1024x768...
>
> Actually, when I use the automatic configuration in Jaunty and Karmic
> (with no xorg.conf), the screen really seems to be 1024x768, but when
> I use the custom xorg.conf (the same I use in Intrepid), the screen
> seems different... like it was 800x768 (I know it's wierd, but it
> doesnt seem to be 1024x768 at all - everything is really ugly).
>
> Hope it will work in Karmic in time.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> [lspci]
> 00:01.1 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> Geode LX Video [1022:2081]
> Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX Video
> [1022:2081]
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