EDID and randr1.2 with radeon

[TechMage89]

Using the radeon driver, it apparently detects my monitor's supported refresh rates with EDID (I think.) At any rate, randr doesn't let me set my refresh rate higher than 85hz, even though my monitor supports 100hz. I could try and add a modline, but I'd like to do this through randr. Is there any way to do that?

[agd5f]

Using the radeon driver, it apparently detects my monitor's supported refresh rates with EDID (I think.) At any rate, randr doesn't let me set my refresh rate higher than 85hz, even though my monitor supports 100hz. I could try and add a modline, but I'd like to do this through randr. Is there any way to do that?

you can add arbitrary modelines with xrandr:
xrandr --newmode <modeline>
xrandr --addmode <output> <modename>
xrandr --output <output> --mode <modename>

for example to add 1024x768@100Hz to the VGA port:

xrandr --newmode "1024x768_100.00" 112.25 1024 1096 1200 1376 768 771 775 816 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-0 "1024x768_100.00"
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode "1024x768_100.00"

see xrandr --help for more.

[sundown]

When I try to do something similar and I get to

:~$ xrandr --addmode VGA_1 "1440x900_75.00"
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 155 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 18 ()
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 17

What does it mean?

[agd5f]

When I try to do something similar and I get to

:~$ xrandr --addmode VGA_1 "1440x900_75.00"
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 155 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 18 ()
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 17

What does it mean?

Did you define "1440x900_75.00" using --newmode?

[sundown]

Did you define "1440x900_75.00" using --newmode?

Sure, I did: xrandr --newmode "1440x900_75.00" 136.49 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 940 -HSync +Vsync

Then, I ran the xrandr command to see what it says and it does say at the bottom of all the information provided:

1440x900_75.00 (0x63)  136.5MHz
        h: width  1440 start 1536 end 1688 total 1936 skew    0 clock   70.5KHz
        v: height  900 start  901 end  904 total  940           clock   75.0Hz

Previously that would not appear prior to running the --newmode command, meaning it did something, but than fails with the --addmode

[agd5f]

Sure, I did: xrandr --newmode "1440x900_75.00" 136.49 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 940 -HSync +Vsync

Then, I ran the xrandr command to see what it says and it does say at the bottom of all the information provided:

1440x900_75.00 (0x63)  136.5MHz
        h: width  1440 start 1536 end 1688 total 1936 skew    0 clock   70.5KHz
        v: height  900 start  901 end  904 total  940           clock   75.0Hz

Previously that would not appear prior to running the --newmode command, meaning it did something, but than fails with the --addmode

Are you sure output name is VGA_1? On radeon it's VGA-0 or VGA-1 depending on how many VGA ports you have.

[sundown]

Oh sorry, I was doing this on the wrong driver

OMG it worked... I can't believe I'm running in 75hz I've been dreaming for this for soooo long Thanks a lot.
How can I memorize this for the system?

[agd5f]

Oh sorry, I was doing this on the wrong driver

OMG it worked... I can't believe I'm running in 75hz I've been dreaming for this for soooo long Thanks a lot.
How can I memorize this for the system?

Add a monitor section and associate it with the output in question then add these to your monitor section:
Modeline "1440x900_75.00" 136.49 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 940 -HSync +Vsync
Option "PerferredMode" "1440x900_75.00"

See this page for more:
http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html

[sundown]

Thanks.

I found this easier for understanding http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

[TechMage89]

how do I make this change persistant? The mode doesn't keep over a reboot, and I always want to be at 100hz.