native LED monitor resolution on Intel Arrandale

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#1

I can’t set up the native resolution for the LED monitor of a Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop with openSUSE 11.2.
YaST2 lists correct the graphics adapter as:
“Intel Arrandale Integrated Graphics Controller”
and the monitor having the resolution: 1366x768
However in /etc/X11/xorg.conf lists only modes with a 1024x768 resolution, which are not really “sharp” on the monitor…
Besides that it lists the Device as “Vesa-BIOS Graphics”.

Starting sax2 does not provide me with any option to change these settings (at least not in the graphics mode).

Any ideas how to improve on this?

#2

My guess is your Intel Arrandale Integrated Graphics Controller needs a newer kernel and newer Intel driver than what comes with openSUSE-11.2.

I note this from the thinkwiki site: Intel Core i3 - ThinkWiki which in turn for graphics sends one here: Intel HD Graphics - ThinkWiki where it states:

A very recent Linux distribution with kernel 2.6.33 and Intel Xorg driver 2.10 or newer is recommended.
openSUSE-11.2 comes with the older 2.6.31 kernel and with the Intel Xorg driver 2.9.

You may need to wait until the late-July (or Aug/Sep) time frame to install openSUSE-11.3.

You could try testing openSUSE-11.3 milestone6 liveCD to see how it works (without installing): Software.openSUSE.org

In the mean time, if you wish to read up on some basic graphic practical theory you can read up on it here:
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums

#3

Just to close the issue:
installing openSUSE 11.3 solves the problem. Right from the start everything works fine.
btw thanks to “oldcpu” for informing me some time ago, so that I wasn’t trying things out in vain;-)

#4

Well, in turn let me say ‘thankyou’ for posting your successful result. My wife is pondering a laptop purchase, and she is looking at many different models. And typically she sends her ideas (of different laptop models that appeal to her) to me, and I research for Linux compatibility. She sent me a list with a few that had the Intel Arrandale (Intel HD Graphics) and I was not 100% sure how well it worked with openSUSE, although I suspected 11.3 should work. It is good to read of a positive result with 11.3.