* Re: [9front] new bounties: replace p9sk1; improve the tls(3) device
@ 2015-05-20 23:20 mveety
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From: mveety @ 2015-05-20 23:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
> On May 20, 2015 7:05 PM, <sl@9front.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I'll pay someone between $100 and $150 to make a driver for the nVidia
> > > GeForce GTX 460M. Just being able to set the proper resolution and
> > > use it as a display or so would be awesome. Ideally make it work like
> > > the vesa driver, in that you can set any resolution and not have to
> > > make a monitor definition for your display. Something like "aux/vga
> > > -m geforce -l 1920x1080x32" or so.
> >
> > Support for newer nVidia cards would be great. I do have two older
> > cards that work with the existing driver.
> >
> > Note: The VESA driver only works with whatever modes the VESA BIOS
> > reports; unfortunately, we've found (for example) some laptops whose
> > VESA BIOS does not contain a mode for its LCD screen's native
> > resolution.
> >
> > sl
>
> I think this includes my w510.
It includes my laptop. If I disable the internal display it lets me
set the native resolution of that display fine. I would like to see a
tool that sets resolutions via vesa that aren't in the bios. I know
this is possible because the hackintosh fags do it, but I have no clue
how it's done. They don't document anything.
--
Veety
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* Re: [9front] new bounties: replace p9sk1; improve the tls(3) device
2015-05-20 21:04 sl
@ 2015-05-20 23:08 ` Jacob Todd
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From: Jacob Todd @ 2015-05-20 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
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On May 20, 2015 7:05 PM, <sl@9front.org> wrote:
>
> > I'll pay someone between $100 and $150 to make a driver for the nVidia
> > GeForce GTX 460M. Just being able to set the proper resolution and
> > use it as a display or so would be awesome. Ideally make it work like
> > the vesa driver, in that you can set any resolution and not have to
> > make a monitor definition for your display. Something like "aux/vga
> > -m geforce -l 1920x1080x32" or so.
>
> Support for newer nVidia cards would be great. I do have two older
> cards that work with the existing driver.
>
> Note: The VESA driver only works with whatever modes the VESA BIOS
> reports; unfortunately, we've found (for example) some laptops whose
> VESA BIOS does not contain a mode for its LCD screen's native
> resolution.
>
> sl
I think this includes my w510.
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* Re: [9front] new bounties: replace p9sk1; improve the tls(3) device
2015-05-20 23:00 mveety
@ 2015-05-20 23:03 ` Jacob Todd
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From: Jacob Todd @ 2015-05-20 23:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
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a 660m driver would be great. I could pay about the same price.
On May 20, 2015 7:00 PM, <mveety@mveety.com> wrote:
> I'll pay someone between $100 and $150 to make a driver for the nVidia
> GeForce GTX 460M. Just being able to set the proper resolution and
> use it as a display or so would be awesome. Ideally make it work like
> the vesa driver, in that you can set any resolution and not have to
> make a monitor definition for your display. Something like "aux/vga
> -m geforce -l 1920x1080x32" or so.
>
>
> --
> Veety
>
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* Re: [9front] new bounties: replace p9sk1; improve the tls(3) device
@ 2015-05-20 23:00 mveety
2015-05-20 23:03 ` Jacob Todd
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: mveety @ 2015-05-20 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
I'll pay someone between $100 and $150 to make a driver for the nVidia
GeForce GTX 460M. Just being able to set the proper resolution and
use it as a display or so would be awesome. Ideally make it work like
the vesa driver, in that you can set any resolution and not have to
make a monitor definition for your display. Something like "aux/vga
-m geforce -l 1920x1080x32" or so.
--
Veety
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* Re: [9front] new bounties: replace p9sk1; improve the tls(3) device
@ 2015-05-20 21:31 sl
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From: sl @ 2015-05-20 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
>> > Note: The VESA driver only works with whatever modes the VESA BIOS
>> > reports; unfortunately, we've found (for example) some laptops whose
>> > VESA BIOS does not contain a mode for its LCD screen's native
>> > resolution.
>> >
>> > sl
>>
>> I think this includes my w510.
>
> It includes my laptop. If I disable the internal display it lets me
> set the native resolution of that display fine. I would like to see a
> tool that sets resolutions via vesa that aren't in the bios. I know
> this is possible because the hackintosh fags do it, but I have no clue
> how it's done. They don't document anything.
There are several problems:
- every VESA BIOS is unique
- even cards with the same model number often contain
different chips and/or firmware
- some of them can be altered via software but there is no
documentation at all
- fucking up could explode your things
Based on prior experience with hackintosh, I also suspected that
tampering with VESA BIOS would be an option. A few years ago cinap
hacked a program, based on reports by hackintosh nerds:
https://plan9.stanleylieber.com/hardware/thinkcentre/m55/8810-d3u/vbt.c
that I used to try to manipulate the VESA BIOS in two of my cards:
nVidia GeForce 8400 GS
ATI X1300
I never managed to induce a fully working mode at 1920x1080x32,
but I did succeed in altering some of the modes reported. In one
case I was able to induce working 1920x1080 resolution, but the
colors were all garbled. After a while I gave up.
Again, though, every VESA BIOS is unique. The best hope is to
locate a card that someone already succeeded in altering and
hope that the card you actually receive happens to match the
card the person reported.
sl
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* Re: [9front] new bounties: replace p9sk1; improve the tls(3) device
@ 2015-05-20 21:04 sl
2015-05-20 23:08 ` Jacob Todd
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: sl @ 2015-05-20 21:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
> I'll pay someone between $100 and $150 to make a driver for the nVidia
> GeForce GTX 460M. Just being able to set the proper resolution and
> use it as a display or so would be awesome. Ideally make it work like
> the vesa driver, in that you can set any resolution and not have to
> make a monitor definition for your display. Something like "aux/vga
> -m geforce -l 1920x1080x32" or so.
Support for newer nVidia cards would be great. I do have two older
cards that work with the existing driver.
Note: The VESA driver only works with whatever modes the VESA BIOS
reports; unfortunately, we've found (for example) some laptops whose
VESA BIOS does not contain a mode for its LCD screen's native
resolution.
sl
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