Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:09:41 -0700 From: Remington L <mrl0lz@gmail.com> To: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> Cc: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>, Craig Kleski <ckleski@mbc.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1280x800 display, i810, 915, etc etc etc Message-ID: <fe18b2280506091509583f3800@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <fe18b22805060914585d5439dd@mail.gmail.com> References: <200506071529.47798.ben@spooty.net> <200506071110.43618.ckleski@mbc.edu> <200506092056.20209.ben@spooty.net> <fe18b22805060914585d5439dd@mail.gmail.com>
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Correction, sorry for the previously post(I'm at work). The problem lies=20 with the Intel VBIOS not reporting the correct resolution to Xorg. As a=20 workaround you need to modify the VBIOS and use an updated i810 driver. Her= e=20 is the Xorg i810 driver: http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html To modify the VBIOS please install and run sysutils/915resolution. Thank'll fix it! On 6/9/05, Remington L <mrl0lz@gmail.com> wrote:=20 >=20 > This is a common issue. Ben please contact me off the list. I ran into=20 > this EXACT same problem. A quick fix is a port of 810resolution. I submit= ted=20 > it for commit into ports a month ago but still not in the tree. Again=20 > contact me off the list and ill give you everything you need( Sorry if yo= u=20 > dont Ill forget to send you all the stuff when I get home)=20 >=20 > On 6/9/05, Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> wrote:=20 > >=20 > > > > I'm running 5.4 on my shiny new dell inspiron 6000 - there are a fe= w > > > > things yet to sort out, and one of them is X. Amazing. In winxp it= =20 > > > > runs at 1280x800, 16bit (I think, or 24? can't remember off-hand,= =20 > > i'd > > > > be happy with 8 for the moment!). And it seems I need the i810 > > > > Generic driver from xorg. > >=20 > > > You might need=20 > > > agp_load=3D"YES" > > >in your /boot/loader.conf . See also > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.htm= l=20 > >=20 > > >(Section 5.4.3.1 <http://5.4.3.1/>). > >=20 > > Thanks a lot - i think the agp thing may have helped. I compiled it in= =20 > > instead > > of loading it dynamically > >=20 > > > > At the moment, I'm working with no xorg.conf at all! I get 800x600, > > > > not sure of colour depth. But I really want / need to take advantag= e > > > > of the full screen resolution. I understand I should set things up= =20 > > to > > > > run 915resolution on boot, to teach the vbios about 1280x800. But= =20 > > > > I've yet make or find an xorg.conf that even gives me a display. > >=20 > > > You may want to check /etc/X11/Xorg.0.log to see if any 1280x800 mode= s > > > are recognized. If not, you may need to use 855patch:=20 > >=20 > > I think this is what 915resolution does for me. > >=20 > > > ModeLine "1280x800" 71.0 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 802 808 823 > >=20 > > Thanks for this. > >=20 > > > Use the i810 driver. > >=20 > > Weirdly, although everyone says to use i810, I could only make it work= =20 > > with=20 > > the vesa driver! > >=20 > > Anyway, thanks a lot both of you - between you and some more googling I > > finally seem to have got it going! > >=20 > > Thanks, > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "=20 > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >=20 >=20 >
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