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Re: odd xorg-video-intel problem



On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 01:33:14PM +0900, Takehiko Abe wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
> >> Since I updated xserver-xorg-video-intel, my LCD started to complain
> >> that it is in a non-preset mode, that is, the monitor displayed a
> >> message "Nonpreset Mode" for 5 seconds when X started.
> >
> > does the monitor then recover?
>
> Yes. Except for the message, the monitor seems to work normally.
>
> >> The resolution is set to the native 1280x1024. However, the LCD's On
> >> Screen Display (OSD) reports that the current resolution is set to
> >> "640x350".
> >
> > I've been meaning to review the intel bugs because i've been
> > frustrated configuring it as well for an lcd monitor. I've had to
> > trial-and-error my way into a modeline that works for our monitor and
> > then convince the driver to use that modeline. It doesn't seem to
> > behave in ways that make sense to me.
> >
> > Could you post up your xorg.conf?


Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"intel"
	Option		"XvMCSurfaces" "7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
#	HorizSync	28-51
#	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	16
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth		1
#		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth		4
#		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth		8
#		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth		15
#		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth		16
#		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth		24
#		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

As you can see I commented out all modelines and the HorizSync and 
VertRefresh lines. Everything gets autoprobed.

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel

xserver-xorg-video-intel:
  Installed: 2:2.1.0-2
  Candidate: 2:2.1.0-2
  Version table:
 *** 2:2.1.0-2 0
        500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org testing/main Packages
        500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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