need help installing driver for intel g41 graphics chipset (on Gigabyte EG41mf-s2h)

saurabh4lq · 01-14-2009, 06:21 AM

Hi All,

I have following configuration,

Intel Core2Duo E8400 (3.0GHz,6MB cache)
Gigabyte EG41MF-S2H(intel g41 chipset)
2 GB RAM 800MHz

here is my lspci output

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
03:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

I have installed ubuntu 8.10 , By default ubuntu comes with some xserver-xorg-video-intel which gives me resolution upto 1280x1024.

I have a Samsung 22' LCD monitor which supports upto 1680x1050.

I downloaded and installed latest intel graphics driver from
intellinuxgraphics.org.

And following the suggestions found online I edited my Xorg file in different ways but it is unable to use my newly installed driver.
It says 'intel no device found' .

Can anyone plese help me?

ajlewis2 · 01-14-2009, 07:50 AM

I see 3 drivers there, one of which is stable. I assume that the latest stable driver is the one already in Ubuntu 8.10. Why not just use the one installed on the system by default which works? Is there something missing that you hope to find in the downloaded driver?

saurabh4lq · 01-17-2009, 12:38 PM

Quote:

I assume that the latest stable driver is the one already in Ubuntu 8.10

The driver in ubuntu is not the latest as far as I am concerned.

Quote:

Why not just use the one installed on the system by default which works? Is there something missing that you hope to find in the downloaded driver?

I want the latest driver because the current driver doesn't support the
native resolution of my monitor (1680x1050).

And with 1280x1024 , webpages and all the graphical content looks bizaare on my monitor.