Why I can't get Wide screen with Intel graphics

[Luigi Rizzo]

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

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> 
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