yeah, i tried that too. seems to give resolution in there for 1920x1440 16 or 8 bits… There’s a lot listed in there to use, but still didn’t work lol. I ran this: hwinfo --framebuffer and the output was:
[Created at bios.459]
Unique ID: rdCR.5dHCGM_Ucd6
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: "Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Controller"
Vendor: "Intel Corporation"
Device: "Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Controller"
SubVendor: "Intel(r)Q33/Q35/G33 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS"
SubDevice:
Revision: "Hardware Version 0.0"
Memory Size: 7 MB + 960 kB
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xd07effff (rw)
Mode 0x0360: 848x480 (+896), 8 bits
Mode 0x0361: 848x480 (+1728), 16 bits
Mode 0x0362: 848x480 (+3392), 24 bits
Mode 0x033c: 1920x1440 (+1920), 8 bits
Mode 0x034d: 1920x1440 (+3840), 16 bits
Mode 0x033a: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
Mode 0x034b: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits
Mode 0x035a: 1600x1200 (+6400), 24 bits
Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
maybe I need to use all those in the CONF files or whatever? I could have sworn there was some graphic drivers to use for intel for linux distros some where that might work for me.
https://01.org/linuxgraphics
from this page
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-intelr-linux-graphics-drivers-on-ubuntu-13-04.html
Short name Full name
Ivybridge Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000 (used in 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 processor family)
Sandybridge Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000 (used in 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 processor family)
Ironlake Intel® HD Graphics (used in Intel® 2010 Core™ i7/i5/i3 processor family)
GMA3150 Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 (used in Intel® Atom™ processor N450/D410/D450 family)
G45 Intel® G45 Express Chipset
Q45 Intel® Q45 Express Chipset
G43 Intel® G43 Express Chipset
Q43 Intel® Q43 Express Chipset
B43 Intel® B43 Express Chipset
G41 Intel® G41 Express Chipset
GM45 Mobile Intel® GM45/GS45/GL40 Express Chipset
G35 Intel® G35 Express Chipset
Q35 Intel® Q35 Express Chipset
Q33 Intel® Q33 Express Chipset
G33 Intel® G33/G31 Express Chipset
965GM Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset
965G G965 Integrated Graphics Controller
965Q Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller
946GZ 946GZ/GL Integrated Graphics Controller
945G 945G Integrated Graphics Controller
945GM Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
915G 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller
915GM Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
865G 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
855GM 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
845G 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
i830M 82830 Chipset Graphics Controller
815 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller
810 82810 Chipset Graphics Controller
810-DC100 82810-M DC-100 System and Graphics Controller
Warning:- After installing these drivers your system may be unusable so install them with your own risk
Install Intel(R) Linux Graphics drivers on ubuntu 13.04*
In order to “trust” the Intel® Linux Graphics Installer, you will need to add keys to Ubuntu’s software package manager (“apt”). Open a terminal, and execute these line:
wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg -O – |
sudo apt-key add –
wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg-2 -O – |
sudo apt-key add –
Now you need to download the installer deb package for your architecture (32- or 64-bits) from here
Once you have deb packageto install double click on it after installation run the following command from your terminal
intel-linux-graphics-installer
But when I tried a ubuntu distro, doing xorg.conf the way I showed earlier in thread, the same thing happened in that OS too. The green “plymouth” screen was 1024x768 and then went black for second, and showed plymouth screen again but was compressed/smooshed, then loaded desktop… the Cryptsetup password prompt, splash login was 1024x768 or w/e…
Not sure what to do lmao. Didn’t really have these issues on other LG LCD flat screen, even though it was smaller and different brand… LG 19" …
If I can figure out how to install those above drivers in opensuse even though they appear for ubuntu ( didn’t see that post / article before), it might help…
Yeah, it does appear to be old, tis a shame lol. It does appear to work though, when I was trying various operating systems. Windows downloaded some drivers for monitor and it was displaying, but did have some wavy lines through it from top to bottom. Nothing too bad or distracting, almost transparent. When I tried some linux operating systems, it displayed fine after installing one, but after a while of doing updates to the linux distro, it went to 1024x768.