----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wendel" <jwendel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Intel 852/855 graphics on Dell laptop > On Friday 02 January 2004 02:42 pm, WA9ALS - John wrote: > > > Problem: I can't get any screen resolution other than 640x480 on > > my Dell laptop D500 with Intel 852/855 chipset. It is an XGA > > display whose max is 1024x786 in true color in Windows. > > > > Why don't you post your XF86Config file. Maybe someone will see > somthing you missed. > > Also, did you try using the <ctrl><alt><+> key combination to switch > screen resolutions? > > Regards, > > John 1. <ctrl><alt><+> didn't work. 2. I posted my XF86Config file - no takers, and I think there's more to it than that anyway. 3. I found a pretty specific document that describes how to do what I need, but I'm still too inexperienced to carry out what it says. Let me try to describe that: First, I got the Intel 852/855 Linux driver(s) in an rpm file and installed it with the RH package manager, no errors. I found /var/lib/dripkg and ran install.sh. The document says that the defaults should be OK for "most people" (not a Fedora-specific doc, but does mention RH7.3). I get errors at one point in that routine. Apparently something has to be compiled into some part of the kernel, and mine's not acceptable. I have the latest kernel, but I'm not sure that I have all of what I need - The document says to install Linux and then download "kernel headers" (for RH7.3, on CD#2, /RedHat/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.18-i386.rpm). That just looks like an old kernel source file to me. Alternatively they say to load your kernel config file, save the config, and then "make dep". Then you run install.sh, and then make a change in the XF86Config file, and now your screen resolution is supposed to work as expected. Basically, it sounds like some part of the kernel needs to be changed and then recompiled - Is that correct? Anyone willing to take on helping me get this Dell laptop going with the Intel 852/855 chipset? There are bound to be many others facing the same problem (screen res only 640x480) that could benefit from figuring this out. Thanks, and sorry for the poorly-described procedures. - John, back on the Windows box!
