Vikram Goyal wrote:
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:48:43PM -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
Hello Jim
Why do you have lower resolutions setup for 16 depth than 24. I believe
the resolution needs reduced when greater color resolutions are used. I
do see the default depth is 24 and this is where your 1024x768 is set.
That is where I am myself confused. Lower resolutions were set up by the
system itself. I have manually added the 1024x748 setting.
I finally grabbed an xorg.conf from the computer that has the 865G. I
run 1280x1024 at 75HZ. You can see if the attached file helps out any
for your system. I have a different monitor than you listed in the
xorg.conf, but the monitor I use is a newer one and even LCD. It works,
so I left it as is. You might check your specs for your monitor and
adjust accordingly.
For this section, I am confused as to why all of the commented
information followed by redundant information as the excerpt describes
below:
It was all setup by system-config-display.
It did a horrible job.:-)
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
#DisplaySize 280 210
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
#HorizSync 30.0 - 54.0
#VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "StudioWorks"
DisplaySize 260 195
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 54.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Have you changed any settings in BIOS or upgraded the BIOS version lately?
I have seen the problem that you describe on several different
videocards. The problem usually appeared after a 3D application was
launched. Then the video information would pan as you are experiencing.
I loaded the latest bios version from intel, but that was 2-3 months
back
But reading your mail gave me ideas. I installed winows xp to see if I
could set the req screen resolution and I could.
There are settings that deal with legacy video which should be set to
8MB. The default is 1MB. If the setting for legacy (VESA, I believe) is
not set to 1MB. One of the now moved on Kernel developers pointed out
this setting. The name might be described in other terms. It relates to
video memory anyway.
There should also be a setting for shared video memory. I use 128MB but
you can select lower or higher according to your desires. This name
could vary also.
You might try to rename your xorg.conf file and run
system-config-display --reconfig. Check all hardware settings and ranges
to assure they are correct. Save the config file, then restart X.
I did all that many a times but to no avail.
It is pretty messed up when reviewing the settings.
If your video settings are still not correct, system > Preferences >
screen Resolution might be set wrong (GNOME anyway) even though they are
set correctly using system > Administration > display.
All gnome and kde are behaving the same way. The only thing I couldn't
understand was that the monitor refresh rate was set at 85, whereas this
model runs on 65 and I couldn't change that as no other option was
available.
You could manually restrain the range with 60-60 or 50-70 and similar
concepts.
Good luck, the video chipset is not busted for me, but I do not use a
monitor as you have.
Jim
I think it's bug in monitor section. I'll further investigate and report
if needed.
I hate to say this. I will anyway.
With your posted s-c-display generated file, 640x480 is no surprise. :-)
Thanks for your response.
I hope some of this response helps out. I guess filing a bug report and
attaching your posted xorg.conf file against s-c-display would help the
developer realize a worse case scenario.
Jim
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# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Dell E770p"
DisplaySize 300 230
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 845"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
