Bug#414034: Re: Bug#414034: xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting:dpkg-reconfigure doesn't detect correct video modes
Drew wrote but missed the bug report:
> Hermann wrote:
> > I just tried this package as I had a problem with the regular i810
> > driver. I wanted to create a new config by running
> > dpgk-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg
> > and selected monitor autodetection. The detected modes were
> > 640x480
> > 800x600
> > 1024x768
> > but my display is 1280x800. The normal driver detects the correct
> > resolution.
>
>
> Hi Hermann, thanks for the report.
>
> We have commenced building packages for the next generation of X11. If
> you're in a position to do so you might find it interesting to try
> them, there are currently working versions in experimental. The
> i810-modesetting driver is replaced by the new intel driver.
>
> The packages you might want to considering installing from experimental are
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:1.9.91-1
> xserver-xorg-core 2:1.2.99.901-1
> libdrm2 2.3.0-1
> libgl1-mesa-dri 6.5.2-3
>
> (or higher versions as we get them out)
>
> Note that drm won't work without linux kernel 2.6.20 (not yet in
> Debian) so you'll miss out on hardware accelerated OpenGL unless you can
> also upgrade your kernel.
>
> Alternatively you could try the last i810-modesetting driver
> 1.7.2.git20070210-1, newer than the one in unstable but old enough to
> not need kernel 2.6.20.
>
> Once you've had a chance to test the new driver(s), let us know again
> if it helped recognising your preferred display mode.
Actually the kernel required is 2.6.21, not 2.6.20. 2.6.21 provides
the required DRM 1.7, where 2.6.20 only provides DRM 1.6.
If you're going to the trouble of applying these upgrades, you should
probably also do
libxrandr2 2:1.2.0-4
as well.
Drew
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