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portable >> acer 4002 WLMi Display Specs

by Simao Mata » Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:02:18 GMT

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Hi,

Does anyone know the specs for the acer 4002 WLMi screen?
I'm trying to set up debian on this laptop but I need the HorizSync
and VertRefresh values, but I can't find them anywhere.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Simao

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portable >> acer 4002 WLMi Display Specs

by Davide Bianchi » Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:09:54 GMT





Well, if you have the lapdog and they are not in the docs and you already
checked www.linux-laptop.net, I'd say use a 'default' one or ring
Acer support and ask them.

Davide

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ass fight over the thermostat.
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portable >> acer 4002 WLMi Display Specs

by larwe » Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:31:13 GMT

>highly likely that the LCD will only be able to display its native

The LCD can ONLY display its native resolution. Anything else is scaled
or windowed by the LCD controller. I'm not aware of any LCD chipset
that implements downscaling (at least on local interfaces), only
upscaling and in some cases anti-aliasing. This means that you can
never run the internal LCD using a resolution that's higher than the
physical resolution of the panel.

The chances are better than excellent - approaching certainty - that if
you pick any old H/V sync limits that allow X to start at the LCD's
native resolution, you'll also be able to run the lower resolutions.

You can pick vast world-spanning values like 15-100kHz H and 25-150Hz V
and you'll be fine, on the internal display anyway. There is simply not
the same criticality that there is when driving a CRT monitor. No HOT
to blow.


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acer 4002 WLMi Display Specs

by larwe » Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:17:17 GMT

>I need the HorizSync
These numbers are meaningless for digital-drive LCDs.


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acer 4002 WLMi Display Specs

by Dances With Crows » Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:23:27 GMT

On 16 Jan 2005 06:17:17 -0800, XXXX@XXXXX.COM staggered into the Black
Sun and said:

Like hell they are. X *requires* a decent range of frequencies in the
Hsync and Vsync lines in its config file. If you use the values for
"generic" LCDs (Hsync 40-80KHz, Vsync 50-70Hz or thereabouts) then it's
highly likely that the LCD will only be able to display its native
resolution. If you increase the ranges some (I use Hsync 20-150KHz,
Vsync 10-400Hz on my Thinkpad A22p) then you can use more modes, because
X will eliminate modes where the Hsync or Vsync values fall outside the
parameters specified in the config file. You can see this by doing
"grep -i modeline /var/log/XFree86.0.log" ; if your Hsync or Vsync
ranges are too narrow, you'll see "Modeline (640x480) deleted,
insufficient Hsync/Vsync/Doublescan" or something like that.

The LCD's native resolution will always look better than the
interpolated things you'll have to use for other resolutions. You may
want to have 640x480 or 800x600 available for games or movies or users
with poor eyesight. HTH,

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acer 4002 WLMi Display Specs

by Dances With Crows » Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:29:37 GMT

On 16 Jan 2005 07:31:13 -0800, XXXX@XXXXX.COM staggered into the Black
Sun and said:


If you want to get pedantic, yeah, this is true.


Where are you getting this information? It's *totally* *wrong* IME. If
I set the Hsync and Vsync ranges to the "generic LCD" range on my
Thinkpad A22p, the only resolution I can use is 1600x1200. Every other
modeline is rejected by X as exceeding the H and Vsync limits. It's
certainly possible that you can display 640x480 on this LCD with this
graphics chipset while keeping the H and Vsync in the 40-80 and 50-70
range, but X *will* *not* allow it. This isn't a monitor problem. It's
X being paranoid about sync rates.


True. IMHO, X should make a basic check during EDID initialization (if
possible) and relax its restrictions on sync rates if it detects an LCD.
Of course, video chipsets/monitors may not provide this capability, so
the X developers may not have implemented it....

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