Same as bug #1109, but on OpenBSD. No workaround on this platform that I know of exists, unlike for Linux and FreeBSD. I'm throwing this in because it looked to me that either the bug wasn't fixed (just a workaround suggested for the Linux platform) or it was fixed for Radeon (bug #1881), but that wouldn't help me because the chip in an Inspiron 7500 is an ATi Rage Mobility P. I can test any patches you suggest, or if you think there may be a section in the Mach64 driver similar to the radeon driver patched in bug #1881 I can look for it and patch accordingly. Thanks
I tried to debug this a bit, but I'm having trouble - I get "exceeds panel dimensions" for *every* resolution in Xorg.0.log, reason being MODE_PANEL is being thrown in xf86ValidateModes(). Which leads me to believe that for some reason, xf86ValidateModes() or more specifically xf86InitialCheckModeForDriver(), line 1620 somehow forgot that the panel size was 1400x1050. Now, that message apparently would originate ATIValidMode() in ativalid.c, line 103 or 109 as far as I can tell, but when I try to get what it thinks the panel resolution is at that point with some ErrorF()s, id doesn't seem to be making its way into the driver. So, maybe ATIValidMode() isn't being compiled into the driver? Found some info that suggests that missing/wrong video BIOS information may be the culprit, please see http://mgalug.org/suse/9.2. I'd be more than happy to try anything you'd suggest.
This MIGHT be the same bug as bug #591 per Marc La France, see http://www.spinics.net/lists/xfree86/msg09134.html, but I tried hand-hacking ativga.c per XFree86 CHANGELOG 133, didn't seem to help. I didn't make World, just atimisc_drv.o. Maybe I'll try that later.
I'm also experiencing this problem on Linux. The workarounds that I've been able to find via Google all seem to be ineffective (aside from switching to the VESA driver, whcih only gets me to 1280x1024). I can also provide system access and test runs if desired.
Maybe also see changelog 312 for XFree86 CVS, http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs- commit@xfree86.org/msg04183.html Couldn't compile the XFree86 4.4.99.901 snapshot on OpenBSD, so I can't say whether this is the same bug or not.
Was able to compile XFree86 4.4.99.901 last night, and the problem was fixed, so it must have been fixed by changelog 312 or (changelog 133 and changelog 312). The patch for changelog 312 was pretty small, I will probably try to port it over and send a diff in the next two weeks or so if nobody else beats me to it.
There is a patch attached to bug #1109, can you see if that fixes the issue for you?
Hard drive this was on blew up, so I don't have OpenBSD on that system any more but I intend to, so I'll let you know Thanks
Have you been able to test this issue yet?
Closing this due to the lack of activity. If the problem still persits, please reopen.
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