From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 21 09:33:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D29EE16A404 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CB9A13C428 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so723118uge for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:33:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jTqDvKd6c2hnAoZt+dSEYiEyAq48fRLxKGZgz+WyFaIYYU9sFNd6c+lqw7O5VifrO1lYBBQ99riszfFhxdTUTEg+LtJgZ2zdxAcvzDU07CEZv9HoOJMj8zsZ9BQUBt0C8C73uX5p+fTlSkCMksz0ewjWG4ozvzNAVeiK3qikvg0= Received: by 10.67.20.3 with SMTP id x3mr5743638ugi.1169372012293; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.255.10 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:33:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0701210133m5c84a2d4y9da03778b8beb29b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:33:32 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" To: "Luigi Rizzo" In-Reply-To: <20070120100734.A69783@xorpc.icir.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <499c70c0701200129j12cd02f5ra40808b9fe0b272a@mail.gmail.com> <20070120052330.B67194@xorpc.icir.org> <499c70c0701201005n177bd425wee7136bbb59f8c7f@mail.gmail.com> <20070120100734.A69783@xorpc.icir.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Why I can't get Wide screen with Intel graphics X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:33:33 -0000 On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 06:05:45PM +0000, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote: > > On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 07:38:36AM -0500, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > > > under the subsection of display, i have > > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > > maybe you can try using "1280x800" > > > > > > in order to get the higher resolutions, you should > > > probably install the port > > > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/915resolution > > > > > > which redefines the bios modes. > > > In my case (Dell Latitude X1) i run it as > > > > > > #--- set 1280 resolution on video > > > /usr/local/bin/915resolution 5c 1280 768 > > > > > > you should probably change the 768 to 800 if that's your > > > screen height. > > > > > > cheers > > > luigi > > > > luigi, > > > > That worked, thank you! > > > > DELL# /usr/local/bin/915resolution -l > > Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 > > > > Chipset: 945GM > > BIOS: TYPE 1 > > Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269 > > Mode Table Entries: 36 > > > > Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel > > Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel > > Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel > > Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel > > Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel > > Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel > > Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel > > Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel > > Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel > > Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel > > Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel > > Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel > > Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel > > Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel > > Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel > > Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel > > Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel > > Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel > > > > > > DELL# /usr/local/bin/915resolution 58 1280 1024 > > Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 > > > > Chipset: 945GM > > BIOS: TYPE 1 > > Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269 > > Mode Table Entries: 36 > > > > Patch mode 58 to resolution 1280x1024 complete > > > > I also set > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 32 > > Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" > > EndSubSection > > > > But once I rebooted the laptop I lose it, and I have to do it again > > after the FreeBSD starts > > > > Is there a work around for this issue? > > i put the line > /usr/local/bin/915resolution 58 1280 1024 > > in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/00setvideo.sh > so it gets called automatically at startup > > cheers > luigi That didn't make it, is there another way to do it? will xorg 7.2 going to fix this issue when it's released? -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/