Xorg question with Dell Inspiron 1764

[doug at safeport.com]

I would recommend against Dell without seriously investigating the hardware on 
the system you are interested in. I needed a system and in an emergency and did 
not want to wait for shipping (silly me).

The system is an Inspiron 1764. If anyone has an xorg.conf file for this system, 
it would be greatly appreciated. My system is FreeBSD 8.0.

   FreeBSD localhost 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Fri Feb  5 16:58:16 EST
      2010  root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MNEME  amd64

I have installed the current package for xorg-7.4_2.

The monitor/controller from pciconf -lvc:

    vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x04341028 chip=0x00468086
                        rev=0x12 hdr=0x00
       vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
       class      = display
       subclass   = VGA
       cap 05[90] = MSI supports 1 message
       cap 01[d0] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
       cap 13[a4] = PCI Advanced Features: FLR TP

startx and Xorg -configure give the same error[s]:

    (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
    (II) VESA(0): Manufacturer: AUO  Model: 109e  Serial#: 0
    (II) VESA(0): Year: 2009  Week: 1
    (II) VESA(0): EDID Version: 1.3
    (II) VESA(0): Digital Display Input
    (II) VESA(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 38  vert.: 21
    (II) VESA(0): Gamma: 2.20
    (II) VESA(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
    (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: 0.620 redY: 0.340   greenX: 0.325 greenY: 0.570
    (II) VESA(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.060   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
    (II) VESA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
    (II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
    (II) VESA(0): clock: 106.0 MHz   Image Size:  382 x 214 mm
    (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1600  h_sync: 1648  h_sync_end 1680 h_blank_end 1928 h_border: 0
    (II) VESA(0): v_active: 900  v_sync: 903  v_sync_end 909 v_blanking: 912 v_border: 0
    (II) VESA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
    (II) VESA(0): clock: 106.0 MHz   Image Size:  382 x 214 mm
    (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1600  h_sync: 1648  h_sync_end 1680 h_blank_end 1928 h_border: 0
    (II) VESA(0): v_active: 900  v_sync: 903  v_sync_end 909 v_blanking: 912 v_border: 0
    (II) VESA(0):  4PG9N<80>B173RW1
    (WW) VESA(0): Unknown vendor-specific block 0
    (II) VESA(0): EDID (in hex):
    (II) VESA(0):   00ffffffffffff0006af9e1000000000
    (II) VESA(0):   01130103902615780ac4959e57539226
    (II) VESA(0):   0f505400000001010101010101010101
    (II) VESA(0):   0101010101016829404861840c303020
    (II) VESA(0):   36007ed61000001a6829404861840c30
    (II) VESA(0):   302036007ed61000001a000000fe0034
    (II) VESA(0):   5047394e804231373352573100000000
    (II) VESA(0):   00000000000000000002010a202000d2
    (II) VESA(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4254
    (II) VESA(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
    (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1600x900"x0.0  106.00  1600 1648 1680 1928  900 903 909 912 +hsync -vsync (55.0 kHz)
    (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1600x900"x0.0  106.00  1600 1648 1680 1928  900 903 909 912 +hsync -vsync (55.0 kHz)
    (II) VESA(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s):
                   :
    (II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync value of 54.98 kHz
    (II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh value of 60.28 Hz
    (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
    (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
    (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
    (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name)
    (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left.  Trying less strict filter...
    (II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync value of 54.98 kHz
    (II) VESA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh value of 60.28 Hz
    (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
    (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
    (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
    (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
    (EE) VESA(0): No valid modes
    (==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
    (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
    (II) UnloadModule: "int10"
    (II) Unloading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
    (II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
    (II) Unloading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
    (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

I have tried the intel driver (it does not recognize the device), the i810 
driver (not found). With the vesa driver I have tried supplying the 1024x768 and 
1600x900 modes in all depths and supplying a range for hsync and vsync that 
includes the scanned values.

Thanks for any pointers

DougD

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