Re: Resolution problems with i810 driver, Intel 915GM & 855resolution

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 03:46:13PM -0400, Michael Jastram wrote:

> I am banging my head against the wall to get X to take advantage of
> the native resolution of my laptop, 1400x1050.  It's an IBM ThinkPad
> R52 with an Intel 915GM video card.  After reading up on the problem,
> I learned about Alain Poirier's 855resolution tool, which seems to be

I used to play around with 855resolution, trying to get 1280x720 for
HDTV on my i865. IIRC there was a routine that enabled write mode in
the BIOS, then another routine to make it read-only again; the i855
version didn't work on my 865.  I had to modify plugin2.c a little
to get it to take the modeline; let me know if you have any trouble
and I can probably generate a diff.

However, it the modeline I put in looked OK but failed to work
correctly once and I gave up. It would be fun to try it again one of
these days (especially if XVideo would work properly at 1920x1080). If
you find a real i8xx expert, let me know.

Mark