Mandrake 9.2 XF86 Resolution problem - 640x480

I have a new Dell Inspiron 1100 with A23 BIOS, 14.1" 1024x768 max resolution screen and i845 video card. I installed Mandrake 9.2 (XFree86 4.3 with hardware acceleration) as soon as it became available and everything works great - the kernel used the whole screen at 1024x768 once I added the vga=773 option to the kernel in lilo, hardware acceleration works for OpenGL games like ArmagTron. Two problems - I get some insmod error/hint twice every boot that says something about checking the syslog and nothing at all about whatever the problem is. I haven't checked the syslog yet b/c I don't know how, but I'll figure that out.
The other problem that I'm writing about is that in X (but not in a plain bash kernel out of X), it seems to see a 640x480 monitor. I can set the resolution up to 1024x768, but it will only use the chunk in the center that is 640x480. (You can scroll around with the mouse to see the rest of the 1024x768, just like on my last laptop which had a 1024x768 screen but Windows let you choose 1280x1024) I have checked the XF86Config-4 file, but it doesn't say 640x480 anywhere in the entire file. I have tried explicitly writing in the config file that its 1024x768, but nothing helps. I have set the monitor to generic laptop monitor 1024x768 and dell laptop display 1024x768 but there seems to be no difference.
I have read various stuff that says to use Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +/- but those don't do anything and I've seen others that say to change stuff in the config but none of that helps either. Has anyone had the same problem or know how to fix it?
Thanks
Eitan Mosenkis
pengi10000@netscape.net

could you post your XF86Config-4 file?? and "lspci"?

Here's my XF86Config-4:

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Dell"
ModelName "Dell 1024x768 Laptop Display Panel"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 59.0-75.0

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Intel 845"
Driver "i810"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller

try reconfigure your screen by changing the mode.
I bet it's just some kind of script error. I will check my right aways to do a compare.

I had the same problem you have to download a patch, use this link is great:
http://www.geocities.com/randomnumbergenerator2001/

@eitan1989 - I have the exact same problem on my Dell Optiplex Gx270 Desktop. It has an onboard video using an Intel 865 my XF86Config-4 is almost indentical to yours.

thanks for the link el_pajaro! I'll give that a try If I can understand it LOL

I know its for the Intel845 but it can't make mine run any worse.

That patch works great! Thanks!

that is the great thing about linux, if you don't have support from your hardware vendor, there is allways a chance. Like my QuickCam VC no support from logytch for WindowsXP but there is a real chance to installed on linux. I haven't had time to try it out but I know there is a way.
Great having helping you eitan1989 you are the first person that I have help. Helping others really feels good