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| Epson (epson-deactivatedaccount) wrote Re: intel 945 unable to display correct video resolution | #1 |
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I have a Dell D620 laptop with an Intel 945 video chipset. I'm tried part of an xorg.conf from an online user to see if it will fix my incorrect resolution problem and unable to use screensaver problem.
I copied this info to my xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Hmmm. I turned on the laptop this morning and I got a text login. After logging in it used the root account instead of my account. The video settings were correct when I turned on the laptop this morning. I'm not sure how that happened. The settings that I cut and pasted in the xorg.conf last night from above are gone. I did an exit and logout then logged in as me and set the video to 1280x800. I have no idea what happened overnite. I had to do a dpkg-reconfigure in order to get my gui login back and I told it to use the frame buffer. I'm not sure if that's necessary. Concidently, my original xorg.conf looked kinda similar. Well, I went ahead and took the frame buffer stuff out but I still can't view opengl screensavers. When this happened on my kubuntu desktop with a Nvidia card it was a driver problem. I have the correct screen resolution on my laptop now but I still can't view opengl screensavers on kubuntu 8.04.1.
Here is my partial new xorg.conf
open terminal
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
By the way, I've been Microsoft/windows free for about 8 months and I'm loving it!