[haiku-development] Re: Proposed Change to Common Accelerant for EDID

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:41:41 +0200 CEST

PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just wanted to say that I have an intel card and the intel_extreme
> driver works fine but give me only a 1440x900 mode @ 30Hz, which
> flickers horribly. Do you think using the GTF could fix that and 
> allow
> me to use other modes ?
> What could cause this problem ?

Probably broken EDID information from your monitor, though I'm 
surprised it can even show it. Are you sure its actually 30Hz? If you 
have a digital panel, the frequency is usually fixed to 60Hz.

In any way, a syslog of a boot could help diagnosing the problem.

Bye,
   Axel.


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