F10 and built-in Intel graphics
psmith
johnsmithdoe14 at googlemail.com
Fri Mar 20 16:28:12 UTC 2009
Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 09:49 +0000, psmith wrote:
>
>> Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 22:25 +0000, psmith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 19:14 +0000, psmith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gordon Messmer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> M A Young wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recommend that you do a text based install (add text to the boot
>>>>>>>> line), and once you have it installed, boot to a text console (add 3
>>>>>>>> to the boot line), then add Option "NoAccel" "true" to the Device
>>>>>>>> section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm curious whether it's necessary to disable acceleration entirely,
>>>>>>> or simply revert to the older XAA method. On my Thinkpad X40, the
>>>>>>> Intel video driver in F10 had significant problems, where the driver
>>>>>>> on F9 was fine. I could either use XAA or revert to the older driver
>>>>>>> to get proper rendering.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've attached a minimal xorg.conf. I believe you can save it to
>>>>>>> /etc/X11 to test each of the options individually. Try disabling
>>>>>>> accel, and then try using XAA (both options are in the file). Let us
>>>>>>> know what kind of results you get, and then track down one of the
>>>>>>> bugzilla reports on this subject (I know a few are open) and add your
>>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> here is the pertinant section of the xorg.conf for my aspire one which
>>>>>> has intel gfx, this is on F10 and it works perfectly
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Section "Device"
>>>>>> Identifier "Card0"
>>>>>> Driver "intel"
>>>>>> VendorName "Intel Corporation"
>>>>>> BoardName "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
>>>>>> VideoRam 229376
>>>>>> Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA"
>>>>>> Option "Clone" "true"
>>>>>> Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>>>>>> Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
>>>>>> Option "CacheLines" "1980"
>>>>>> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
>>>>>> EndSection
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> ----
>>>>> you haven't by any chance figured out how to get LVDS to use a larger
>>>>> virtual screen - say 1024 x 768 have you? I've been unable to do that on
>>>>> my Aspire One.
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> no sorry craig, i think i remember reading somewhere that the only way
>>>> to get the "Virtual" setting to work is to pass the "NoAccel" "true"
>>>> option but i've not tried it
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ----
>>> would you have "NoAccel" "true" instead of "AccelMethod" "EXA" ? is that
>>> the idea?
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> yeah that's it, let me know if it works out
>>
> ----
> nothing I have done so far has allowed me to have a virtual screen on
> the LVDS larger than 1024x600 and the above didn't work.
>
> Presently xorg.conf on my Aspire One looks like this...
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "single head configuration"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> # keyboard added by rhpxl
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "intel"
> VendorName "Intel Corporation"
> BoardName "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
> VideoRam 229376
> Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA"
> Option "Clone" "true"
> # Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
> Option "NoAccel" "true"
> Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
> Option "CacheLines" "1980"
> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x600"
> Virtual 2048 2048
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> and I have had various sizes in 'Virtual' from 1024 768 and 1280 1024
> and have tried disabling the 'Modes' line altogether or just had it with
> "1280x1024" (my 19" display) but nothing has worked. I have been mostly
> testing things with just the built-in display because that is where I
> want the larger virtual screen.
>
> ;-(
>
> Craig
>
>
sorry to hear that craig, but have no ther options for you to try. maybe
an email to the xorg or intel driver mailing list might get you a
solution, if you do figure it out be sure to let us know :)
phil
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