xrandr not changing the resolution (Debian lenny)

apt-get · 01-01-2011, 03:05 AM

GNOME decided not to use the correct resolution ever. In Ubuntu, it got it automatically and that said it should be 1366x768, and when i run this:

Code:

xrandr -s 1366x768

I get

Code:

Size 1366x768 not found in available modes

So then I tried to run xrandr and find out what was available and I got:

Code:

$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected
   1024x768        0.0  
   800x600         0.0  
   640x480         0.0

So when I try to change it to 1024x768, I get the same "not found in available modes" message.
Any help?

TobiSGD · 01-01-2011, 03:08 AM

Seems to me that you are using the generic vesa-driver.
Please post the output of

Code:

lspci

and your /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

apt-get · 01-01-2011, 03:33 AM

lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

That log file's really really long...any specific part of it you want to see?

TobiSGD · 01-01-2011, 03:35 AM

I already know your problem. Debian 5/Lenny simply doesn't work well with your Intel Series 4 graphics chip. Upgrade to Squeeze and all will work fine.

apt-get · 01-01-2011, 04:10 AM

Does that mean I have to reinstall? :P Sorry, I'm new to Debian, just installed like 2 days ago

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured out how to do it. Thanks for the help!

sirmonkey · 02-04-2011, 02:43 AM

hey apt-get what did you do to fix it??? please post!!
this thread come up in google and apparently debian lenny should still be in testing as it won't work with intel video cards (oops to the debian testing staff)

sirmonkey · 02-04-2011, 04:16 AM

so dell studio laptop intel 82801 mobile 4 series video card debian lenny 5.0.8 bla bla (add more search catch words)
so if you've got a similar setup to this machine i'm working on try this:
also my xrandr was only showing 1024x768 and i could change the res any where... yay for the new automagic ways that linux is heading....

open up a terminal and log in as root (sudo is for people who should be trying to fix there computer)
then install mc
type: apt-get install mc

then run mc
nifty uh? so simple yet so good and so fast and so stable ( this is from when linux was good, and now so much about geeks trying to make them self's look cool and geeky and hard for normal humans)
now hit f9 then left over to options then configuration
push down till you get to "use internal edit" and hit the space bar so there is an X there
hit down till you get to ok
now hit up to ..
enter
keep doing that till your have a " / " at the top
now goto etc then X11
go down to "xorg.conf" and hit "f5"
then under to change it to
/etc/X11/xorg.back.conf
and hit down to get to ok

now go back to "xorg.conf" and hit f4
if your like me this is empty as the new linuxs try to be automagic and fail
go down till you get to "section device"
under that add
" Driver "intel" "
Driver "intel"

hit "f2" and save
f10 to exit

now log out of your session or be lazy like me and kill/reboot it by hitting "ctrl+atl+backspace"

it should come up fine now.

if it won't come up at all and dumps you into a terminal just use that amazing "mc" tool and copy or just edit the xorg.conf file back to the way it was and then save and exit MC and type "gdm" or "kdm"

good luck, and sorry for stealing your thread i'm only trying to help others that may find this in google

TobiSGD · 02-04-2011, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirmonkey

debian lenny should still be in testing as it won't work with intel video cards (oops to the debian testing staff)

Debian Lenny should still be in testing because it does not automatically configure video cards that were released after the release of Lenny? Video cards that it simply can't know anything about?

sirmonkey · 02-04-2011, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Debian Lenny should still be in testing because it does not automatically configure video cards that were released after the release of Lenny? Video cards that it simply can't know anything about?

mid install it checks for updates.
and once the install is done i run an update check agian.

TobiSGD · 02-04-2011, 06:35 PM

Debian Lenny is Stable. A stable Debian gets no version updates, only security fixes, and therefore no new drivers. Please inform yourself about the distro you are using.
By the way, Debian Squeeze will be released this weekend as new Stable, and it has absolutely no problems with this video chips.