Bug#440093: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Wrong, missing resolution on CRT

[Christian Henz <chrhenz@gmx.de>]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 07:56:19PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Christian Henz wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:56:09PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> >   
> >> Christian Henz wrote:
> >>     
> >>> The X server always defaults to 1280x786 as the default resolution,
> >>> when it should be 1280x1024. The monitor is a 19" CRT (G695 graphics).
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> It could be related to the monitor having a "preferred" mode. 
> >>
> >>     
> > The recommended parameters of this monitor are 1280x1024 @ 85Hz.
> >   
> 
> Recommended by the vendor maybe. But I don't see any mode marked as
> "preferred" in your xrandr output (a "+" flag would appear), which
> likely means that the monitor doesn't say anything about it in the EDID
> (what it sends to the graphic board), so the driver has no way to guess
> which mode is preferred.
> 
> >> If you want to force another mode at startup, have a look at
> >> http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10423.html
> >>     
> 
> Did you try this?
> 

(Sorry for the long delay...)

I just tried this now via a Modeline and PreferredMode set in xorg.conf, and it works!

BTW, I tried without the Modeline at first and just set Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024", 
which lead to a black screen and a dead keyboard.

Thanks,
Christian