1280x800 Native Resolution For Laptop

Hi there!
I've been trying to get opensuse 10.3 to work on a FSC 1520 laptop.

Otherwise it seems to be working, but I fail to get the screen to work in native resolution: actually it would seem that any alteration to resolution via sax has absolutely no effect. The graphic card is intel GM945

This seems to be a relatively common problem with widescreen lappies.

The screen should be 1280x800, but I never have that kind of option in sax: only 800x600 and 1024x768. It should be noted that if I select 800x600, I'm still stuck at 1024x768.

I've tried the following methods to fix this:
915resolution, as described in en.opensuse.org/Patch_the_Video_BIOS
This did not have any effect.

Then I've tried to fiddle with etc/sysconfig/displaymanager as described in some references I saw in the net.
No effect

Finally I've attempted to edit xorg.conf, adding modeline strings, such as
Modeline "1280x800_60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync
still without any success.

I'm relatively new with linux systems, and any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

-S

PS.
My xorg.conf looks like this:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-04-30T15:54:44+0300.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/local"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
**FontPath**** "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
**InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
**InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
**Option****** "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
**Load******** "extmod"
**Load******** "type1"
**Load******** "glx"
**Load******** "freetype"
**Load******** "dbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "kbd"
**Identifier** "Keyboard[0]"
**Option****** "Protocol" "Standard"
**Option****** "XkbLayout" "fi"
**Option****** "XkbModel" "pc102"
**Option****** "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "mouse"
**Identifier** "Mouse[1]"
**Option****** "Buttons" "12"
**Option****** "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
**Option****** "Name" "Logitech USB Optical Mouse"
**Option****** "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
**Option****** "Vendor" "Sysp"
**Option****** "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "synaptics"
**Identifier** "Mouse[3]"
**Option****** "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
**Option****** "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
**Option****** "Name" "Touchpad"
**Option****** "SHMConfig" "on"
**Option****** "Vendor" "Synaptics"
**Option****** "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
**Option****** "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
**DisplaySize**261 163
**HorizSync****30-62
**Identifier** "Monitor[0]"
**ModelName****"QUANTADISPLAY LCD MONITOR"
**Option****** "DPMS"
**VendorName** "QDS"
**VertRefresh**50-60
**UseModes**** "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
**Identifier** "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******15
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******16
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******24
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******8
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**Device****** "Device[0]"
**Identifier** "Screen[0]"
**Monitor******"Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
**BoardName****"945 GM (FSC Amilo Si1520)"
**Driver****** "fbdev"
**Identifier** "Device[0]"
**Option****** "usevnc" "no"
**Screen****** 0
**VendorName** "Intel"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
**Identifier** "Layout[all]"
**InputDevice**"Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
**InputDevice**"Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
**InputDevice**"Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
**Option****** "Clone" "off"
**Option****** "Xinerama" "off"
**Screen****** "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
****Group******"video"
****Mode****** 0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

Just had a better look at your xorg.conf file. There are no resolutions specified in the screen section, and the fbdev driver is not the correct driver for your graphics chipset. It should look more like this:

SubSection "Display
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "640x480"
EndSubSection

The device section:

Section "Device"
BoardName "945 GM"
BusID "0:2:0"
Driver "i810"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "DRI"
Screen 0
VendorName "Intel"
EndSection

A similar thread.

You could also try using the sax2 tool from runlevel 3 (do init 3 from console). Login as root, and do

sax2 -r -m 0=i810

After configuration has been saved, do init 5 to return to desktop.

Section "Device"
BoardName "945 GM"
BusID "0:2:0"
Driver "i810"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "DRI"
Screen 0
VendorName "Intel"
EndSection
[/b]

One thing to add to Deans post: To get acceleration support in 10.3 the driver in section device should be set to intel (i810 is legacy), as so;

Section "Device"
**BoardName****"945 GM"
**BusID********"0:2:0"
**Driver****** "intel"
**Identifier** "Device[0]"
**Option****** "DRI"
**Screen****** 0
**VendorName** "Intel"
EndSection

And as reference my relevant xorg settings;
!! be careful with the Modes sections as each setup has its own sync frequencies as they refer to you screen capabilities, Sax should be able to set these right - make a backup of your current xorg.conf and run sax2 -r m 0=intel to get a fresh xorg.conf setup ;

Section "Modes"
**Identifier** "Modes[0]"
**Modeline ****"1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087
**Modeline ****"1400x1050" 99.25 1400 1448 1480 1560 1050 1053 1057 1080 +HSync -Vsync
**Modeline ****"1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
**Modeline ****"1024x768" 55.00 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 790 +HSync -Vsync
**Modeline ****"800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
**Modeline ****"800x600" 34.75 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 617 +HSync -Vsync
**Modeline ****"1280x1024" 112.62 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1061
**Modeline ****"1280x960" 105.61 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 995
**Modeline ****"1280x800" 86.35 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 829
**Modeline ****"1152x864" 84.44 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 896
**Modeline ****"1280x768" 82.91 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 796
**Modeline ****"1024x768" 66.33 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 796
**Modeline ****"1280x600" 63.55 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 622
**Modeline ****"1024x600" 50.60 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622
**Modeline ****"800x600" 39.49 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
**Modeline ****"768x576" 36.13 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597
**Modeline ****"640x480" 24.70 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 498
EndSection


Section "Screen"
**DefaultDepth 24
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******15
****Modes******"1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******16
****Modes******"1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******24
****Modes******"1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******8
****Modes******"1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" 
**EndSubSection
**Device****** "Device[0]"
**Identifier** "Screen[0]"
**Monitor******"Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
**BoardName****"945 GM"
**BusID********"0:2:0"
**Driver****** "intel"
**Identifier** "Device[0]"
**Option****** "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
**Option****** "AccelMethod"****"EXA"**# Xaa old stable, EXA is new and better
**Option****** "usevnc" "no"
**Screen****** 0
**VendorName** "Intel"
EndSection

One thing to add to Deans post: To get acceleration support in 10.3 the driver in section device should be set to intel (i810 is legacy), as so;[/b]

Thanks for clarifying that WJM. I had checked several references online and wasn't sure about the name of current driver. I've seen quite a number of posts regarding support for Intel graphics recently. I don't like seeing them go unanswered.

Thanks for clarifying that WJM.
[/b]

No problem Dean I'm not too savy yet and just added to what you had already spotted. I have the advantage of having such a graphics card

Hi! Thanks for your very quick and helpful responses!

Yes, it seemed like the problem indeed was in the driver selected.

I simply changed the driver into "intel" and now I can enjoy nice and clean 1280x800 resolution.
Sax, however, still complains that there is no 3d acceleration available. Any ideas why?

xorg.conf looks now like:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-04-30T15:54:44+0300.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/local"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
**FontPath**** "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
**InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
**InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
**Option****** "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
**Load******** "extmod"
**Load******** "type1"
**Load******** "glx"
**Load******** "freetype"
**Load******** "dbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "kbd"
**Identifier** "Keyboard[0]"
**Option****** "Protocol" "Standard"
**Option****** "XkbLayout" "fi"
**Option****** "XkbModel" "pc102"
**Option****** "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "mouse"
**Identifier** "Mouse[1]"
**Option****** "Buttons" "12"
**Option****** "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
**Option****** "Name" "Logitech USB Optical Mouse"
**Option****** "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
**Option****** "Vendor" "Sysp"
**Option****** "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "synaptics"
**Identifier** "Mouse[3]"
**Option****** "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
**Option****** "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
**Option****** "Name" "Touchpad"
**Option****** "SHMConfig" "on"
**Option****** "Vendor" "Synaptics"
**Option****** "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
**Option****** "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
**DisplaySize**261 163
**HorizSync****30-62
**Identifier** "Monitor[0]"
**ModelName****"QUANTADISPLAY LCD MONITOR"
**Option****** "DPMS"
**VendorName** "QDS"
**VertRefresh**50-60
**UseModes**** "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
**Identifier** "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******15
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******16
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******24
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******8
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**Device****** "Device[0]"
**Identifier** "Screen[0]"
**Monitor******"Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
**BoardName****"945 GM (FSC Amilo Si1520)"
**Driver****** "intel"
**Identifier** "Device[0]"
**Option****** "usevnc" "no"
**Screen****** 0
**VendorName** "Intel"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
**Identifier** "Layout[all]"
**InputDevice**"Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
**InputDevice**"Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
**InputDevice**"Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
**Option****** "Clone" "off"
**Option****** "Xinerama" "off"
**Screen****** "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
****Group******"video"
****Mode****** 0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

I would edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file device section with the options posted by WJM:

Section "Device"
BoardName "945 GM (FSC Amilo Si1520)"
Driver "intel"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "usevnc" "no"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # Xaa old stable, EXA is new and betterScreen 0
VendorName "Intel"
EndSection[/b]

You can enable graphics acceleration by loading the glx and dri modules as explained here.

You can enable graphics acceleration by loading the glx and dri modules as explained here.
[/b]

Or have a look in 'Control Center' > 'Graphics Card and Monitor' , there should be a tick box for 3D acceleration at the bottom. after it's set you will need to log out and back in to activate it.

Or have a look in 'Control Center' > 'Graphics Card and Monitor' , there should be a tick box for 3D acceleration at the bottom. after it's set you will need to log out and back in to activate it.
[/b]

Great many thanks for the help so far.

If I start Sax2, it says that there is no 3d acceleration available. And the tick box is greyed out.

I added the lines showed in my xorg.conf, and now glxinfo shows that direct rendering is 'yes'
Does this now mean that the 3d support is on?
Yast2 / graphics card and monitor still says that 3d support is not available, and the tick is greyed out.

If I now try to
compiz --replace
I get an error message
No GLXFBConfig for default depth, this isn't going to work.

Xorg.conf looks now like this:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-05-05T10:23:09+0300.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/local"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
**FontPath**** "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
**FontPath**** "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
**InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
**InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
**Option****** "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
**Load******** "dbe"
**Load******** "type1"
**Load******** "freetype"
**Load******** "extmod"
**Load******** "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "kbd"
**Identifier** "Keyboard[0]"
**Option****** "Protocol" "Standard"
**Option****** "XkbLayout" "fi"
**Option****** "XkbModel" "pc102"
**Option****** "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "mouse"
**Identifier** "Mouse[1]"
**Option****** "Buttons" "12"
**Option****** "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
**Option****** "Name" "Logitech USB Optical Mouse"
**Option****** "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
**Option****** "Vendor" "Sysp"
**Option****** "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
**Driver****** "synaptics"
**Identifier** "Mouse[3]"
**Option****** "Buttons" "5"
**Option****** "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
**Option****** "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
**Option****** "InputFashion" "Mouse"
**Option****** "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad"
**Option****** "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
**Option****** "SHMConfig" "on"
**Option****** "Vendor" "Sysp"
**Option****** "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
**Option****** "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
**DisplaySize**261 163
**HorizSync****30-62
**Identifier** "Monitor[0]"
**ModelName****"QUANTADISPLAY LCD MONITOR"
**Option****** "DPMS"
**VendorName** "QDS"
**VertRefresh**43-60
**UseModes**** "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
**Identifier** "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******15
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******16
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******24
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**SubSection "Display"
****Depth******8
****Modes******"default" 
**EndSubSection
**Device****** "Device[0]"
**Identifier** "Screen[0]"
**Monitor******"Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
**BoardName****"945 GM (FSC Amilo Si1520)"
**Driver****** "intel"
**Identifier** "Device[0]"
**VendorName** "Intel"
** Option**********"DRI"**** "true"
** Option**********"XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
** Option "usevnc" "no"
** Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # Xaa old stable, EXA is new and betterScreen 0

EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
**Identifier** "Layout[all]"
**InputDevice**"Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
**InputDevice**"Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
**InputDevice**"Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
**Option****** "Clone" "off"
**Option****** "Xinerama" "off"
**Screen****** "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
Group 0
****Mode****** 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
**Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

No need to bother, I found a solution on my own (I seem to get a hang of this...)

I added
Option "AIGLX" "on"
in Section "severlayout"

After I updated compiz fusion via a link in http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz_Fusion

I finally got it to work but starting it with compiz-manager -command.

The system was first LagVille Express in tar (really choppy), but after I switched
Option "AccelMethod" "Xaa"

Now it runs really smoothly. Looks nice. :lol: