Why I can't get Wide screen with Intel graphics

[Abdullah Al-Marrie]

On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at icir.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 06:05:45PM +0000, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote:
> > On 1/20/07, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at icir.org> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 07:38:36AM -0500, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
> > > > under the subsection of display, i have
> > > > Modes      "1024x768"
> > > > maybe you  can try using "1280x800"
> > >
> > > in order to get the higher resolutions, you should
> > > probably install the port
> > >
> > >         /usr/ports/sysutils/915resolution
> > >
> > > which redefines the bios modes.
> > > In my case (Dell Latitude X1) i run it as
> > >
> > >         #--- set 1280 resolution on video
> > >         /usr/local/bin/915resolution 5c 1280 768
> > >
> > > you should probably change the 768 to 800 if that's your
> > > screen height.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > luigi
> >
> > luigi,
> >
> > That worked, thank you!
> >
> > DELL# /usr/local/bin/915resolution -l
> > Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
> >
> > Chipset: 945GM
> > BIOS: TYPE 1
> > Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
> > Mode Table Entries: 36
> >
> > Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel
> > Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
> > Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
> > Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel
> > Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
> > Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
> > Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel
> > Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
> > Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
> > Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel
> > Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
> > Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
> > Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel
> > Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
> > Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
> > Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel
> > Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
> > Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel
> >
> >
> > DELL# /usr/local/bin/915resolution 58 1280 1024
> > Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
> >
> > Chipset: 945GM
> > BIOS: TYPE 1
> > Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
> > Mode Table Entries: 36
> >
> > Patch mode 58 to resolution 1280x1024 complete
> >
> > I also set
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >         Identifier "Screen0"
> >         Device     "Card0"
> >         Monitor    "Monitor0"
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Viewport   0 0
> >                 Depth     32
> >                 Modes     "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
> >         EndSubSection
> >
> > But once I rebooted the laptop I lose it, and I have to do it again
> > after the FreeBSD starts
> >
> > Is there a work around for this issue?
>
> i put the line
>         /usr/local/bin/915resolution 58 1280 1024
>
> in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/00setvideo.sh
> so it gets called automatically at startup
>
> cheers
> luigi

That didn't make it, is there another way to do it? will xorg 7.2
going to fix this issue when it's released?


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-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
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