intel video driver

Chip Camden sterling at camdensoftware.com
Mon Apr 19 21:35:13 UTC 2010


I just found out that the video chip is HM55, if that helps.

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 01:52:17PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
> Salutations,
> 
> I'm fairly new to this list and have only lurked until now.  Please
> forgive me if this question has been asked before.  I've exhausted the
> man pages, google, and comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc.
> 
> I've installed FreeBSD 8.0-release amd64 on an Intel Core i3 with
> integrated HD graphics.  Everything's working fine except for the video
> driver for X11.
> 
> pciconf -lv yields:
> 
> vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x17021043 chip=0x00468086 rev=0x12 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     class      = display
>     subclass   = VGA
> 
> The intel driver cannot see the device at all.  The vesa driver works,
> but it's limited to 1024x768, which on my 1600x900 notebook screen
> presents a suboptimal viewing experience.  /var/log/Xorg.0.log reports
> the available timings:
> 
> (II) VESA(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4 
> (II) VESA(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
> (II) VESA(0): redX: 0.610 redY: 0.355   greenX: 0.333 greenY: 0.610
> (II) VESA(0): blueX: 0.152 blueY: 0.100   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
> (II) VESA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
> (II) VESA(0): Supported detailed timing:
> (II) VESA(0): clock: 110.4 MHz   Image Size:  382 x 214 mm
> (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1600  h_sync: 1664  h_sync_end 1706 h_blank_end 2000 h_border: 0
> (II) VESA(0): v_active: 900  v_sync: 903  v_sync_end 906 v_blanking: 920 v_border: 0
> (WW) VESA(0): Unknown vendor-specific block f
> (II) VESA(0):  AUO
> (II) VESA(0):  B173RW01 V0
> (II) VESA(0): EDID (in hex):
> (II) VESA(0): 	00ffffffffffff0006af9e1000000000
> (II) VESA(0): 	01120103802615780a45259c5b559c27
> (II) VESA(0): 	19505400000001010101010101010101
> (II) VESA(0): 	010101010101202b409061841430402a
> (II) VESA(0): 	33007ed6100000180000000f00000000
> (II) VESA(0): 	00000000000000000020000000fe0041
> (II) VESA(0): 	554f0a202020202020202020000000fe
> (II) VESA(0): 	004231373352573031205630200a00bb
> (II) VESA(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4254
> (II) VESA(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
> (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1600x900"x0.0  110.40  1600 1664 1706 2000  900 903 906 920 -hsync -vsync (55.2 kHz)
> 
> And I added a ModeLine to the Monitor section of xorg.conf to address that:
> 
> 	ModeLine     "1600x900" 110.4 1600 1664 1706 2000 900 903 906 920 -hsync -vsync
> 
> But no dice.  I think vesa just isn't capable of that mode.  The ModeLine
> doesn't help the intel driver to see it either.
> 
> This thread: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=9606&page=2
> 
> led me to believe that I need an Intel driver entry for (0x8086, 0x0046
> in /sys/dev/drm/drm_pciids.h along with corresponding tests in the
> correct driver-specific header file, but I don't know what driver that
> should be, or if I even have one that would work.  I'm tempted to just
> try them  each one a time, starting with i915 -- could I cause any
> permanent damage?
> 
> Anyone have similar experience with this setup?  I don't even know for
> sure what the video chip is on this system, but since it's on an i3 I
> think it would have to be PM55, PM57, HM55, HM57, QM57, or QS57.
> 
> Any help or sympathy would be appreciated.
> 	    
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