Re: i945G and Xorg

Vince Hoffman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.x11
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
>   
>> I also have a i945G on a lenovo Notebook, does anyone have a working
>> xorg.conf for 1440 X 900 they could post
>>
>>
>> Sam Fourman Jr.
>>
>> On 11/18/06, ICMan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I just upgraded my MB from an i810 to an i945G, and things have
>>> changed.  The i810 driver still loads, but I can't get the 1440x900
>>> resolution on my Samsung 940BW flat panel screen to work.  It was
>>> working fine right up until I changed boards.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if there is an i945 driver for Xorg that works on
>>> OBSD4.0, and how I could get it and install it.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>       
>
> If you don't post the Xorg.0.log files showing what happens when you
> configure xorg.conf  for 1440x900, it's hard to tell what happens.
>
> One guess however it that, as often with intel based graphics, the BIOS
> lacks the proper information to set up this mode. Since the i810 driver
> needs this information, it can't work. There may be 2 solutions:
>
> - update your BIOS to a more recent one which has more video modes built-in.
> - google for the 'i915resolution' tool, port it to OpenBSD and use it.
> It allows to tweak the modes reported by the bios. *Use at your own risk*
>
>   
This is exactly what i do in FreeBSd for a i945G based Dell laptop. as 
yet no issues and
its the only way i could get 1440x900.

Vince
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