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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] (II) NV(0): Setting screen physical size to 508
From:       Neil Bothwick <neil () digimed ! co ! uk>
Date:       2010-07-16 8:32:17
Message-ID: 20100716093217.19e8954e () zaphod ! digimed ! co ! uk
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:14:34 +0200, Erik wrote:

> My /etc/make.conf has VIDEO_CARDS="nv" but I thought it was obvious from
> the "NV" in the log message. The actual hardware is reported by lspci as
> "01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce
> 9600M GS] (rev a1)". I tried to use read-edid see what EDID shows, but
> the call failed (see other message). How would I know if xorg tried to
> read EDID and whether it worked?

It should appear in the log file. The nvidia driver has UseEdid and
UseEdidDpi options that you could set to False to have it ignore the EDID
information, I don't know if nv has equivalent options.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.

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