Re: LCD monitor, DVI connection, resolution problem

On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:56:58 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:

Vladimir Florinski <vflorins@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Some time ago I gave you a valuable piece of advice: get a GeForce-based
motherboard instead of a Radeon.

Yes, in message
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.hardware/msg/4155c4c81619d2b9
you wrote that you prefered closed source video drivers instead of
opensource drivers.

You ignored it

No, I didn't ignore it. I explained why I prefer opensource drivers and
asked you if you also prefered closed source drivers for other hardware
like network cards and scsi cards. You haven't really been able to
convince me that the advantages of the nVidia driver makes up for the
disadvantages of being closed source.

and are now having a problem of the most basic kind - your display
resolution not being recognized.

Yep. I knew that I took a chance when buying that card. However, I still
have more hope to get this card fully working one day than I would with
nVidia graphics if I want an untainted kernel.

What can I say? Perhaps Xorg developers finally learned how to program
and the bug is fixed in the latest version (7.1 at this time).

Yes, upgrading X might solve the problem. If I upgraded to 6.9 or later
the Xpress 200 chipset should have support from the opensource ati driver
so I wouldn't have to use the VESA driver.

However, it seems as if I am close to get the vesa driver working. The
mode 11a is listed but for some reason ignored without any explanation in
the log.

regards Henrik

The open source NV driver works fine on everything that Nvidia produces,
the binary Nvidia driver does give a small performance boost but unless
you are doing 3D you'll barely notice a difference. Nvidia does a better
job of supporting Linux then ATI does, that's why everyone recommends
recommends Nvidia over ATI. Don't hold your breath waiting for either ATI
or Nvidia to completely open source their drivers, it's not going to
happen. We should be grateful that they are willing to provide binary
drivers for Linux, don't you wish that Broadcom shared their attitude for
their WiFI chips?
.

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