Good morning,

I write from the office; I would like my colleagues to work on Linux (Redhat 9), but in order to convince them I have to set up a computer perfectly working; they are rather suspicious, and in some way I understand them: what if tomorrow they need assistance?

(and if they need assistance for windows? what do they do? that´s a good question, but not enough to have them change their mind).

Sorry i get straight to the point: i read on the Intel website that they gave to Xfree86.org the 82845G video card drivers for Linux. (something like). Intel also says that the next releases of Xfree86 will contain a native driver for this card, but at the present day we can use the VESA native driver.

Yes, but i can run only in 640x480 mode, no more, no less; i want at least 800x600!!! what can I do? help me! I think you should know the following:

1) I have Xfree86 4.3.0
2) The boot says ¨display(s) found, but no valid mode¨.
3) I am a real ignorant, so maybe I did something overtly wrong and I don´t know; please be merciful and try to help me anyway.

The probed driver was i810, but the same. When I change my video configuration under GNOME, i choose e.g. ¨1024x768¨ from the drop-down list; there is a picture of the desktop on a black surface, with a white rectangle around it that changes dimension in proportion to the resolution. When i reboot i get the same rectangle i left (so some datas are saved) but the real desktop and its picture are still small. Sometimes i get the same error of number (2)

HELP ME CLEAN ONE WHOLE ORGANIZATION FROM WINDOWS!

Thank you if you have time and even if you have not.

ive got the same problem. check the linuxquestions.org (search) for "i810 vesa" and you'll find a post by me, with lots of weblinks and patches for the gfx card. lots of peopl have responded. im using a laptop though, and ive gotten it up to 800x600, but sitll no 1024x768.

Ah, I forgot, I found the solution in another way: I wrote no less than Mr. Xfree86 in person, David Dawes.

He answered! He told me to increase the UMA memory from BIOS. Actually I didn't find UMA but I found something very similar in the BIOS video card settings. If i remember well, i increased from 1Mb to 8Mb. So if you play with BIOS a little bit you probably won't need any patch. I got 1024 x 768 but i didn't try higher resolution, probably i could go much higher.

The right driver is thus i810.

COMMENT: which software has better assistance, Linux or Windows? Which business ever dares to call a Microsoft technician? do they answer emails?

Nonetheless Windows still wins on other crucial points. Let's keep up the fight.