[arch-general] xf86-video-intel and KMS

[Pierre Chapuis]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:05:26 +0100, Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>  - Is there a way to change the mode on the fly without rebooting?
> 
> I haven't tested it but you can try "fbset"

fbset works without KMS but not with it. It does change something, but
not thye way you want. For example with a 1280x960 screen it is possible
to get a 640x480 console in the top left corner of the screen but not
fullscreen.

>  - Is there a way to enforce an aspect ratio, eg. to have a 4:3 mode
>>    with black stripes on the sides on a 16:10 strip?
> 
> I'm not sure about this, maybe if you set a lower 4:3 resolution on
> your 16:10 screen AND in the BIOS of your laptop it's setup to NOT
> scale the screen it will show the black stripes.

Maybe, sadly I don't have this option in my BIOS.

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catwell