Mike composed on 2024-06-15 23:47 (UTC+0100): > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 01:49:08PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> The following applies with all FOSS drivers I've ever used except possibly >> mga: >> vga= only works until KMS starts. video= does the desired job while KMS is >> engaged. e.g. >> video=DP-1:1440x900@60 >> Causes 1440x900 with refresh 60Hz to be applied only to DP-1. Leave off >> DP-1: to >> have it applied to all displays. Leave off @60 to allow the system to >> determine >> refresh. >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt > I tried the video= and it made no difference. ... > Any ideas? How many tries? More than one refresh? Without refresh? With other resolutions? Without limit to one port? > I seem to recall reading that the Nvidia driver was a bit cavalier and > reinvented various parts of X, so I wondered if there was some crazyness It wouldn't surprise me at all. I didn't see you mention NVidia's driver before now. I would search for and/or bring this issue up on NVidia's forum site. I have no ideas how VT output is managed with proprietary drivers engaged. Maybe this is one of those cases where nosimplefb=1 is needed on cmdline? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
