From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 21:37:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E30F16A4DE for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:37:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F3343D60 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:37:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k7RLb3mc076174; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:37:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id k7RLb3Ar076173; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:37:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.jnielsen.net: www set sender to john@jnielsen.net using -f Received: from c-68-59-28-54.hsd1.sc.comcast.net (c-68-59-28-54.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.59.28.54]) by newwebmail.jnielsen.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:37:03 -0400 Message-ID: <20060827173703.ce76cesfks8888g8@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:37:03 -0400 From: John Nielsen To: Jonathan Horne References: <200608271454.37351.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200608271454.37351.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.3, clamav-milter version 0.88.3 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: got a new monitor, trying to reconfig xorg 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: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:37:23 -0000 Quoting Jonathan Horne : > i just brought home new samsung 22" widescreen LCD. so far, i cannot > get xorg > to take anything other than standard CRT type resolutions, such as 1280x1024. > the first part, seems to be the normal video modes that i would expect to see > from an i810 graphics card, but then right below that, i see video modes that > would be preferred on my new monitor (1680x1050) in a section > called "Supported Future Video Modes". does this mean there is a chance i > might see proper resolutions for my new monitor, without upgrading to some > other video card? > > my computer has a 915G: > > (II) I810(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 915G > (--) I810(0): Chipset: "915G" Last I was aware, the i810 was totally dependent on the adapter's video BIOS for determining and setting modes. The sysutils/915resolution port might be able to help you, but when I was experimenting with it I didn't try any widescreen modes. I do think (again, no references) that work on the i810 driver is ongoing, but I don't know any details or ETA's for anything. JN