Graphics problems with Intel 915GM on Dell Latitude D610
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Thank you. That seems to have done the trick as things look much cleaner now and not fuzzy as they did. I didn't even notice before beginning this, but my fully updated FC4 actually has an i915 driver built in (but doesn't give a driver number). It just didn't detect it during install (may not have been present then). I tried loading that one as a test, and it as well seemed to make the screen equally sharp. However I notice that my choices for colours are of the "millions of colors" variety and not the 24 bit, etc
I also have a D610 with the i915 videocard, but am still unable to get into a higher resolution then 1024x768. I use Ubuntu 5.10, installed the latest DRI drivers, use 915resolution that set 3c to 1400x1050 at bootup, and my /etc/X11/xorg.conf is shown below (in full). I think the issue is in my xorg.conf, but I can't find the problem... Someone who can help me out here? Cause this resolution is really too small for me.
Thanks for the info, I changed my xorg.conf file accordingly (see below, I also had a small problem due to a typo in your code above: HorizSynz). However, I still am unable to go above the 1024x768 (using: System->Preferences->Screen Resolution)...
Thanks for the info, I changed my xorg.conf file accordingly (see below, I also had a small problem due to a typo in your code above: HorizSynz). However, I still am unable to go above the 1024x768 (using: System->Preferences->Screen Resolution)...
are you running i915resolution BEFORE X starts ?
have you tried running it from a command line, finding a bios mode that you do not use, overwrite that and then restart X ?
are you running i915resolution BEFORE X starts ?
have you tried running it from a command line, finding a bios mode that you do not use, overwrite that and then restart X ?
Yup.. just tried that too... I even tried turning off GDM, rebooting, running 915resolution, starting X, all to no avail, I cannot get it into a higher resolution then the 1024x768. Weirdest thing is that that resolution doesn't even occur in my xorg.conf, neither does 800x600 and 640x480 do, the only other choices I have.
BTW: this is the output of the 915resolution:
borniet@ubuntu:/etc$ sudo 915resolution 3c 1400 1050
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5
As a hint to anyone doing this under Slackware, I wasn't able to get any driver versions to work with the stock X. As soon as I installed the 6.9 packages off the slackware.org site, I was able to get it up in under 5 minutes. So if you are having the ABI or no device errors after setting everything up correctly under Slackware, try updating your X.
Fedora Core 4: I had no trouble whatsoever getting 1280x800@60Hz on my new HP dv4182EA laptop using the VESA driver - I just used a modeline written by following the xorg wiki. gtf produces a different modeline, that works also.
But VESA = *unwatchable* dvd playback
Whatever I do I simply CANNOT get the i810 driver working.
I've googled to death for hours and hours. I've done a full 524MB yum update (because I read that i915 would not work on early Fedora releases without one). I've compiled the latest common, i810 and i915 drivers. I've installed 915resolution and set mode 38 to 1280x800
I've tweaked and fiddled and f8cked about 'till I'm white with rage.
X11 just crashes.
I hate Fedora. I hate Intel. I hate dri. i hate HP. I hate them all. Moohoowaaahhh .,haha ArggHHHJJJJJKLLH dribble ha-heeeehahaha --- burbel burble bu.......!!!!!!!
If anyone has a dv4000-series HP laptop (same as Compaq V4000 series) and they have the i810 driver working with their 915GM on Fedora Core 4 ..
*PLEASE* POST and spell out in detail exactly how you did it, your entire xorg.conf, the exact versions of the drivers you have installed, etc.
There were certain versions of the common, i810, and i915 drivers that did work for X 6.8.2, but they seemed to be few and far between. When I found one I stuck with it until it no longer would work. That being said, the recent update to X 6.9 seems to have fixed this problem quite nicely. I was hoping not to have to use i915resolution anymore, but I guess that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to view my screen at 1400x1050.
I remember when I first got my Dell D610 last March and what little information there was on this issue indicated that the latest CVS version of X supported the i915 card. Having never built X before (this is on Slackware), I gave it a whirl. And ended up reinstalling Slackware. In hindsight I probably could've just reinstalled the version of X that came with Slack 10.2, but by that point I was grabbing at straws, and I was probably pissed off enough to simply chuck the whole darn thing and start over.
The last version of the i810, i915, and common that seemed to work for me (with 6.8.2) was the set released on 20050718. When I updated to X 6.9, I did download the drivers for the date 20060123, but I never actually had to use them, so I can't comment on whether they work or not.
The poster in the link I referred to above was also using 20050718 with FC4 (worked before updating) - so it fits.
In the dri archive I didn't see this exact release, but there's one dated 20050707 so I tried that.
On modprobing got:
FATAL: Error inserting i810 (/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i810.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
So that's not it I suppose
Perhaps trial and error.
There does not appear to be any xorg6.9 rpms for FC4 around, suggesting an issue with this (but yes for Mandriva, Suse, and now Debian Sid). FC5Testing has xorg7.1 (?) I think - but I am not installing another bug-ridden neurotic early FC release.
Binary snapshots only work with a recent X.org X server. If you're running a version of XFree86 or X.org older than 6.9 RC1 then you must install an [WWW]X.org server (Xorg.bz2) and [WWW]driver modules (Xorg-modules.tar.bz2).
I followed the http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download instructions to the letter from the console. Using 915resolution to set mode 38 to 1280X800. Must have botched it before somehow.
New X server works, drivers work. Acceleration works: glxgears says 1166 fps.
Watching "Bad Santa" now (I'm not in the US, libdvdcss fascists out there) - xine looks great.
Still have some odd messages in xorg log - v41 won't load (does it matter???)
And xine-check says i don't have XVideo, while xvinfo says I do.
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