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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:03:54 -0400
To: kotzkroete@gmail.com, 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Setting the resolution
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> On Oct 20, 2:51 pm, quans...@quanstro.net (erik quanstrom) wrote:
> > > Could it be something with my graphics card maybe (it's onboard)?
> > > I hope someone can give me a hint :)
> >
> > which video controller?  i've had similar problems with an nvidia
> > card and a monitor with tight timings.  by beating on aux/vga
> > and stretching the timings in vgadb, i did get something my monitor
> > can sync to, though not a proper resolution.
> >
> > - erik
>
> I tried it with different monitors and they work with higher
> resolutions so it must be something with the monitor.
> Unfortunately I have little knowledge of plan9 and vgadb.
> Can you tell me how you did that?

i'm ashamed to admit, it was by trial and error.
and a few hacks to vga/nvidia.c.

- erik