Re: Installing Debian (currently squeeze) on Toshiba Satellite L750-170
Many thanks. Quick answers below. Will be away from the machine after this 'til Thursday so welcome any and all thoughtful answers between now and then!
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Proulx" <bob@proulx.com>
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Sent: Monday, 28 January, 2013 7:28:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Installing Debian (currently squeeze) on Toshiba Satellite L750-170
>
> Chris Evans wrote:
> > I hope this is the right list for what will probably be a series of
> > questions.
>
> It is. And although I may not be able to help I will start off by
> asking some clarifying questions.
>
> > I've now installed Squeeze on the Toshiba and can't get hiher
> > resolution that 1024*768
> > ...
> > 2) Specific 1: does anyone have any advice about how to get better
> > graphics resolution?
>
> What graphics hardware are in your machine?
>
> $ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> What driver is X currently using? This can be found by inspecing the
> Xorg log file.
>
> $ less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Found these lines (separately)
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
then this:
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6.901, module version = 0.4.2
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,
Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge,
Sandybridge, Sandybridge
Then this:
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) VESA(0): initializing int10
(II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 32704 kB
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(R)Sandybridge Mobile Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(R)Sandybridge Mobile Graphics Controller
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0
(II) VESA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
(==) VESA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) VESA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
Then this
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 1 sec.
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
(II) VESA(0): Manufacturer: LGD Model: 2dc Serial#: 0
(II) VESA(0): Year: 2010 Week: 0
(II) VESA(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) VESA(0): Digital Display Input
(II) VESA(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 34 vert.: 19
(II) VESA(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) VESA(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
(II) VESA(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
(II) VESA(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) VESA(0): redX: 0.623 redY: 0.369 greenX: 0.346 greenY: 0.610
(II) VESA(0): blueX: 0.148 blueY: 0.098 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
(II) VESA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) VESA(0): Supported detailed timing:
(II) VESA(0): clock: 70.0 MHz Image Size: 344 x 194 mm
(II) VESA(0): h_active: 1366 h_sync: 1402 h_sync_end 1450 h_blank_end 1492 h_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 771 v_sync_end 776 v_blanking: 782 v_border: 0
(II) VESA(0): LG Display
(II) VESA(0): LP156WH4-TLA1
There's a huge amount more after that but I think that's the crunch stuff isn't it?
> I am guessing that your system has fallen back to using the generic
> vesa driver.
>
> Depending upon your hardware installing firmware-linux-nonfree will
> provide binary blobs that may improve the functioning of your system.
>
> # apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
OK. See that and firmware-linux and firmware-linux-free neither of which are installed.
Will come back to that on Friday but if anyone else or yourself again have suggestions, I'll be very grateful.
>
> Sorry but I don't have any help for the suspend problems. Does
> hibernate to disk work better than suspend to ram?
I'll get onto checking that from Friday.
> Bob
Many thanks Bob: lovely to feel I'm on the case with some allies!
Very best all,
Chris
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