Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:33:32 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Luigi Rizzo" <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why I can't get Wide screen with Intel graphics Message-ID: <499c70c0701210133m5c84a2d4y9da03778b8beb29b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070120100734.A69783@xorpc.icir.org> References: <499c70c0701200129j12cd02f5ra40808b9fe0b272a@mail.gmail.com> <f84c38580701200438q1389ed6am91e8ef7a18e84d92@mail.gmail.com> <20070120052330.B67194@xorpc.icir.org> <499c70c0701201005n177bd425wee7136bbb59f8c7f@mail.gmail.com> <20070120100734.A69783@xorpc.icir.org>
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On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 06:05:45PM +0000, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote: > > On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> 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/
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