i815 video woes

crshbndct · March 26, 2009, 4:48am

i recently went from ubuntu(waste of time) to suse.

i really like it in every way other than that i cannot use anything more than 800x600 res. i also recently installed xfce instead of kde 4 and now i have lost sax2 and yast2. wont run from terminal either.

it is some random compaq desk pro pc with 1ghz, 1gb ram, and 18.2 gb scsi 10krpm drive that i got for $10
i am using for a screen my bedroom tv, its a chinese brand 15" lcd/tv.
the idea is for the pc to be an mp3 player/tv/internet box for in the room.

enclosed is a copy of my xorg file.

created by sax on an earlier abortive attempt to up the res.

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2009-03-26T01:57:27+1300.

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 “AIGLX” “on”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “dbe”
Load “freetype”
Load “glx”
Load “extmod”
Load “dri”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “7”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “GenPS/2 Genius Mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
DisplaySize 305 230
HorizSync 30-40
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “Unknown”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1024x768”
VendorName “Unknown”
VertRefresh 50-75
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1024x768” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1024x768” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1024x768” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1024x768” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “I815”
Driver “intel”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Option “monitor-default” “Monitor[0]”
Screen 0
VendorName “Intel”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSection

deano_ferrari · March 26, 2009, 6:01am

Sometimes it is necessary to add modelines (for desired resolutions) manually, and then disable DDC by adding a line like the following to the ‘Device’ section:

Option “DDC” “false”

Try adding the following modeline (for 1024x768 @ 60Hz) to the ‘Modes’ section:

Modeline “1024x768” 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync

A similar thread here

crshbndct · March 26, 2009, 6:54am

that would be awesome if my terminal could run any command othr than “cd”

wont run xrandr, lspci, anything. how do i open up xorg.conf in root mode with out using terminal?

deano_ferrari · March 26, 2009, 7:53am

that would be awesome if my terminal could run any command othr than “cd”

wont run xrandr, lspci, anything.

You may need to enter the path when executing some commands as user. Some examples:

/sbin/lspci
/usr/sbin/hwinfo

You can edit xorg.conf with kwrite (with root permissions) like this

kdesu kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If using gnome, you can do

gnomesu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

pdc_2 · March 26, 2009, 9:58am

he said

i also recently installed xfce instead of kde 4

so I was wondering what the commands were for xfce; (or if gnomesu would work …)

crshbndct · March 26, 2009, 12:28pm

thanks for all the help so far guys.
none of it made any difference whatsoever, but thanks anyway.

when sax2 was still working, it told me i had 1024x768, but i know its not because web pages dont fit in the browser properly.

i will content myself with just pressing ctrl± to make the pages smaller till i can find a distro which has similiar hardware management to puppy linux.

davidgurvich · March 26, 2009, 12:51pm

I have a laptop that uses the same driver. There was some tweaking involved but that is working. Not currently on the machine but would you like a copy of the xorg.conf from that one?

crshbndct · March 27, 2009, 4:48am

that would be fan-bloody-tastic mate.

i am really likinh how helpful you guys are.
the last distro i tried had a forum of fools who told me to: 1)upgrade my connection, 2)buy a new graphics card 3) buy a dvd writer 4)upgrade my hard drive and memory.

i replied that linux is supposed to be a lower cost solution to windows, not more expenmsive.

davidgurvich · March 27, 2009, 6:09am

Here is the xorg.conf, there are a number of items that you may not care about. Dual display is enabled for presentations, composite, and a few other items. I’ve disabled desktop effects and suspend/resume does not work. That last is on the todo list for the driver, nothing to be done about that for now. I’ve also uninstalled powersave and am using powerdevil from kde4.2.1

# /.../                                     
# SaX generated X11 config file             
# Created on: 2009-02-25T15:20:09-0500.     
#                                           
# 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       "AIGLX" "on"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "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" "us"     
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"     
EndSection                              


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "EmulateWheel" "on"       
  Option       "EmulateWheelButton" "2"  
  Option       "InputFashion" "Mouse"    
  Option       "Name" "IBM;TPPS/2 TrackPoint"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"     
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"               
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"          
EndSection                                   


Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  246 184
  HorizSync    31-61  
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "1024X768@75HZ"
  Option       "DPMS"         
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
  VendorName   "--> LCD"                 
  VertRefresh  50-76                     
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"                
EndSection                               


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


Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15     
    Modes      "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection                                                    
  SubSection "Display"                                             
    Depth      16                                                  
    Modes      "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection                                                    
  SubSection "Display"                                             
    Depth      24                                                  
    Modes      "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection                                                    
  SubSection "Display"                                             
    Depth      8                                                   
    Modes      "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection                                                    
  Device       "Device[0]"                                         
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"                                         
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"                                        
EndSection                                                         


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "i830"
  BusID        "0:2:0"
  Driver       "intel"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Option        "AccelMethod"   "exa"
  Option       "SaXDualHead"         
  Option       "monitor-LVDS" "Monitor[0]"
  Option       "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA"
  Option       "SaXDualOrientation" "LeftOf"    
  Option       "SaXDualResolution" "800x600"    
  Option       "SaXDualMode" "Clone"            
  Option       "SaXDualHSync" "31-50"           
  Option       "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1024X768@60HZ"
  Option       "SaXDualVSync" "50-60"               
  Option       "SaXExternal" "Identifier&EXT+DisplaySize&+VendorName&--> VESA+PreferredMode&800x600+HorizSync&31-50+ModelName&1024X768@60HZ+VertRefresh&50-60"                                          
  Screen       0                                                                                    
  VendorName   "Intel"                                                                              
EndSection                                                                                          


Section "Monitor"
  HorizSync    31-50
  Identifier   "EXT"
  ModelName    "1024X768@60HZ"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "800x600"
  VendorName   "--> VESA"               
  VertRefresh  50-60                    
EndSection                              


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


Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  Option        "Composite"     "enable"
EndSection

deano_ferrari · March 27, 2009, 6:37am

when sax2 was still working, it told me i had 1024x768, but i know its not because web pages dont fit in the browser properly.

Type this command from console:

xrandr

It will report the current mode and other (reported) monitor modes available.

crshbndct · March 28, 2009, 7:48am

that xorg.conf file just left me with no x window system. Thank god for backups)

and when i type in xrandr it tells me 800x600 res @60hz refresh

its a compaq deskpro en 1.13 ghz model.

davidgurvich · April 5, 2009, 6:05am

Try adding

Option  "DRI"  "OFF"

to the device section in xorg.conf. That will disable dri, but may work better otherwise.