From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 20 18:05:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD62616A404 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:05:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C33913C457 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so661014uge for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:05:46 -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=R9mxyomXW2lRcr0UXnb1dE5TS9RhgILsB1w8xFVO96XXSPot5ILIbKk8a4sm9dT95ttGiLkBqY9wkXggHfC+yHN8yNqgIft30AwNWJwOtl/yHvR3hsR1XM1Bs/adO/Slc/gzH5OHHFfFxaZ7UD13eZa3ur+KoxDSJyq+OKuiQ40= Received: by 10.67.99.1 with SMTP id b1mr4976870ugm.1169316345460; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:05:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.255.10 with HTTP; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:05:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0701201005n177bd425wee7136bbb59f8c7f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:05:45 +0000 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" To: "Luigi Rizzo" In-Reply-To: <20070120052330.B67194@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> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Why I can't get Wide screen with Intel graphics X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:05:49 -0000 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? -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/