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 with the Intel VBIOS not reporting the correct resolution to Xorg. As a workaround you need to modify the VBIOS and use an updated i810 driver. Here 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: > > This is a common issue. Ben please contact me off the list. I ran into > this EXACT same problem. A quick fix is a port of 810resolution. I submitted > it for commit into ports a month ago but still not in the tree. Again > contact me off the list and ill give you everything you need( Sorry if you > dont Ill forget to send you all the stuff when I get home) > > On 6/9/05, Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> wrote: > > > > > > I'm running 5.4 on my shiny new dell inspiron 6000 - there are a few > > > > things yet to sort out, and one of them is X. Amazing. In winxp it > > > > runs at 1280x800, 16bit (I think, or 24? can't remember off-hand, > > i'd > > > > be happy with 8 for the moment!). And it seems I need the i810 > > > > Generic driver from xorg. > > > > > You might need > > > agp_load="YES" > > >in your /boot/loader.conf . See also > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > > > > >(Section 5.4.3.1 <http://5.4.3.1/>). > > > > Thanks a lot - i think the agp thing may have helped. I compiled it in > > instead > > of loading it dynamically > > > > > > 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 advantage > > > > of the full screen resolution. I understand I should set things up > > to > > > > run 915resolution on boot, to teach the vbios about 1280x800. But > > > > I've yet make or find an xorg.conf that even gives me a display. > > > > > You may want to check /etc/X11/Xorg.0.log to see if any 1280x800 modes > > > are recognized. If not, you may need to use 855patch: > > > > I think this is what 915resolution does for me. > > > > > ModeLine "1280x800" 71.0 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 802 808 823 > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > > Use the i810 driver. > > > > Weirdly, although everyone says to use i810, I could only make it work > > with > > the vesa driver! > > > > Anyway, thanks a lot both of you - between you and some more googling I > > finally seem to have got it going! > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >help
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