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| author | Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@nrubsig.org> | 2005-01-24 02:38:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@nrubsig.org> | 2005-01-24 02:38:14 +0000 |
| commit | 2b72dd1079ab66c4febb90cef1c286e7c7cce3fa (patch) | |
| tree | 84b8e1ec64925933b11b8eb34fb2bbc85d9a74a4 /man/chips.man | |
| parent | deddbe4bfec2da7af91e4760eb13fb580fe5d5ad (diff) | |
//bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2261) attachment #1666XORG-6_8_2XORG-6_8_1_904XORG-6_8_1_903XORG-6_8-branch
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=1666): Update manual
page to explain the FpMode option. Patch by Egbert Eich
<eich@freedesktop.org>.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/chips.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/chips.man | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/chips.man b/man/chips.man index ad05ba6..6ef3b4a 100644 --- a/man/chips.man +++ b/man/chips.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/chips/chips.man,v 1.5 2002/01/04 21:22:27 tsi Exp $ +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/chips/chips.man,v 1.4 2001/12/17 20:52:32 dawes Exp $ .\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. .ds q \N'34' .TH CHIPS __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__ @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ chips \- Chips and Technologies video driver .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B chips -is an XFree86 driver for Chips and Technologies video processors. The majority +is an __xservername__ driver for Chips and Technologies video processors. The majority of the Chips and Technologies chipsets are supported by this driver. In general the limitation on the capabilities of this driver are determined by the chipset on which it is run. Where possible, this driver provides full @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Color depths 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 24 and 8+16 are supported on all chipsets. The DirectColor visual is supported on all color depths except the 8+16 overlay mode. Full acceleration is supplied for all chipsets. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS -Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration +Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. .PP @@ -205,11 +205,22 @@ the maximum colour depth and refresh rate that can be achieved, and so is off by default. Using this option forces the use of an independent refresh rate on the two screens. Default: off. +.TP +.BI "Option \*qFpMode\*q \*q" boolean \*q +The driver probes the chip to find out if a flat panel (LCD) is connected +and active. If this is true it limits the possible screen size to the maximum +resolution of the panel. The chips is initialized by the BIOS which may +set the chip to 'dual' mode even if no panel is connected. In this case +the available resolution on the CRT is limited to the panel size +the BIOS has set. To tell the driver that no panel is connected despite +of what the BIOS is saying set this option to off. Don't set it to off +if a panel is connected. +Default: value probed by BIOS. .SH "SEE ALSO" -XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__) +__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__) .PP You are also recommended to read the README.chips file that comes with all -XFree86 distributions, which discusses the +__xservername__ distributions, which discusses the .B chips driver in more detail. .SH AUTHORS |