Re: Intel GM965 on Etch

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008, Nishita Desai wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have just installed Debian 4.0r4 on a Dell Vostro 1200. My graphics
> card is Intel GM965. I want to use the 1200x800 resolution that my
> screen allows however vesa only allows 1024x768. I installed
> xserver-xorg-video-intel driver from synaptic. The driver's readme
> file recommends that I add:
>
> Section "Device"
>           Identifier "intel"
>           Driver     "intel"
> EndSection
>
> But after doing so, X simply crashes. Can anyone using high resolution
> with the same chipset  on Etch help me out?
>
> Thanks,
> Nishita

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Try "i810"

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

I use 1680x1050 on a similar chipset (G965), my xorg.conf is as follows:


war@p34:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
  RgbPath      "/etc/X11/rgb"
  ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
  FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "v4l"
        Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#       Option      "Resolution" "1500"
        Option      "Resolution" "520"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      430   270     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "DEL"
        ModelName    "DELL 2007WFP"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
        HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
        Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "i810"
        VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
        BoardName   "Unknown Board"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes     "1680x1050"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection