Intel Graphics - Image on monitor not correct using HDMI, VGA works fine.

rrrssssss · 05-19-2013, 01:22 PM

Hello Linux forum,

In my desktop computer tower (Gentoo), I have an onboard Intel graphics VGA compatablle controller (Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Procesor Family Intergrated Graphics Controller rev 09), and it offers both VGA and DVI-D outputs. The VGA output runs my wide screen LG monitor perfectly but when I connect the same monitor using the DVI-D output, the image on the monitor is not very clear and it is too far to the left and the aspect ratio is not correct. (I have to use a DVI-D to HDMI adapter since my monitor only has an HDMI input, not a DVI-D imput). Also, there are no adjustments on the monitor that corrects this behavour and I am using the monitor's optimal resolution of 1920 x1200 with both VGA and HDMI. Changing to lower resolutions does not help much.

I am using KDE4, and making changes to the system settings/monitor configuration does not correct this problem. Since the Inter driver for the graphics controller is compiled into the kernel, there is nothing else I know to try just short of maybe turning on something else in the kernel http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel .

It is noteworthy to say the DVI-D video output will run my wide screen TV fine without the aformentioned problem when using this DVI-D to HDMI adapter (with the exception of a little overscan which I believe is normal).

Can anybody please tell me what could be causing this problem? Would buying another monitor with a DVI-D input fix the problem so I would not have to use the DVI-D to HDMI adapter, assuming the problem is with the adapter? Is there something in Xorg I could change? I do not have an xorg.conf file but I have something similar in /usr/share/X11/xorg.d/10-evdev.conf according to the xorg log file.

Best regards,
Roy

business_kid · 05-19-2013, 02:27 PM

Letś check on modules working. You power on, immediately enable the hdmi screen (Fn Something on a laptop, or simply use it as default). Then it loads the module, usually noticable by a KMS graphics happening, usually the text shrinks, and then X comes up. Is all that happening for you in that order?

Post the output of
glxinfo |grep render

rrrssssss · 05-19-2013, 04:26 PM

Hello business kid,

Thanks for your time.

When booting up, the text does shrink when kernal mode setting kicks in, then X comes up. KMS is set in the kernel. I'm afraid I don't know what you mean when you say to enable the HDMI screen using the function key. I am using my monitor which is capable of both HDMI and VGA, depending on how the monitor is switched. The monitor is in HDMI mode during my testing.

The output if glxinfo | grep render is:

royroy@localhost ~ $ glxinfo |grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Desktop x86/MMX/SSE2
GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend,

Here is a list of the loaded modules if you need to see them:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  194172  20 
acpi_cpufreq            5586  1 
i915                  384618  3 
intel_agp               7857  1 i915
intel_gtt              10073  2 i915,intel_agp
i2c_algo_bit            3709  1 i915
drm_kms_helper         17930  1 i915
arc4                    1462  2 
mperf                    860  1 acpi_cpufreq
rtl8192ce              56077  0 
drm                   153604  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
rtlwifi                71507  1 rtl8192ce
snd_hda_codec_via      26169  1 
freq_table              1743  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd_hda_intel          18184  3 
i2c_i801                7231  0 
processor              23473  5 acpi_cpufreq
iTCO_wdt                3788  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1329  1 iTCO_wdt
agpgart                18131  3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
video                   9531  1 i915
lpc_ich                 9638  0 
rtl8192c_common        42898  1 rtl8192ce
snd_hda_codec          59383  2 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
mac80211              261127  3 rtlwifi,rtl8192c_common,rtl8192ce
hdpvr                  15922  0 
cfg80211              125073  2 mac80211,rtlwifi
coretemp                4459  0 
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rfkill                 10628  1 cfg80211
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videodev               64637  2 hdpvr,v4l2_common
thermal_sys            10329  2 video,processor
joydev                  6509  0 
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Roy

business_kid · 05-20-2013, 03:33 AM

I would run xrandr, and play with options like panning, changing modes, and a verbose output which gives you the mode line.

The modeline format is <right visible> <right invisible> <left invisible> <left visible>, which also is 0 on the next line. If your picture is to the left, the left invisible is too small, or the dot clock too fast.