Thomas,
Have you tried the latest driver on freedesktop? Just as Martin wrote,
I committed a patch(that add an entry of 1024x600 for panel) that can support
1024x600 which will give you the whole screen.
Because your problem is much like my malata notebook, so I think this
new patch can work for you too. Another user on Ubuntu BTS has given me the
reply on that and it can work too!
The parameter for 1024x...@60 is generated by gtf tool. I suggest you
use cvt tool to generate the parameter. It is better. If you find few modes are
supported, don't be worried. Just use 1024x...@100 parameter to replace.
I am sorry that this bug trail list is too long that I have not too
much to read it, so please give a try and reply.
800x480 is same way to support. But unfortunely, I have no idea now to
support them simultaneously. Just use the cvt tool to generate the parameters
and replace my patch.
Martin,
For geode driver, if the display is panel instead of CRT, there is no
EDID to be detected. Our BIOS use a register to select which mode is supported.
That is why I have no idea now to support two wide screen modes simultaneously.
But I think the user can enjoy the whole screen is the wonderful thing now!
The default entry can be set by user when he/she enter the gnome
desktop, and select 1024x600, then apply. Next time when you enter the gnome,
it will become the default resolution. That is my understanding Ubuntu BTS
433142 user said.
Thanks,
Frank
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Thomas Harding <t...@thomas-harding.name>
> wrote:
> > By the way : the resolution is now OK with 800x600 and I set again every
> > font sizes to "16" in Gnome.
> >
> > the only problems left are "video flicker" and the fact I miss the
> bottom of
> > the screen, which I need 1024x600 or 800x480 to display the whole ;)
>
> We already added support for 1024x600, but we might have covered the
> correct refresh rate for only one manufacturer's LCD display. We
> probably need to inspect the Xorg.log that Thomas attached and see if
> the display X finds differs from the one reported in the similar
> Ubuntu bug report or not.
>
> Next we should probably calculate the correct refresh rate for 800x480
> and add native support for this in lx_panel.
>
> Last, we need to make sure that those modes are attempted on displays
> that feature them. Currently, it seems that while the last patch we
> committed indeed adds native support, the resolution still needs to be
> selected in xorg.conf rather than by the usual EDID matching.
>
> Martin-Éric
