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[Ferdinand Haselbacher <fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,


i've got ubuntu 8.10 amd64

can you tell the brand of your external monitor?

xrandr --newmode does noramly work fine.

can you paste your Xorg.0.log here? (/var/log/Xorg.o.log)


So far,
Ferdinand
Jon Vaughan wrote:
> Still getting nowhere with this.  Run out of ideas.
>
> jon@jon-laptop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series
> Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
>
> jon@jon-laptop:~$  sudo lshw -C video
>   *-display:0 UNCLAIMED  
>        description: VGA compatible controller
>        product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
>        vendor: Intel Corporation
>        physical id: 2
>        bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
>        version: 07
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
>        configuration: latency=0
>   *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
>        description: Display controller
>        product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
>        vendor: Intel Corporation
>        physical id: 2.1
>        bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
>        version: 07
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
>        configuration: latency=0
>
> xorg.conf
>
> Section "Device"
>         Driver "intel"
>         Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
>         Device          "Configured Video Device"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Virtual    3080 1900
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 3080 x 1900
> VGA connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>    1360x768       59.8 
>    1152x864       60.0 
>    1024x768       60.0 
>    800x600        60.3 
>    640x480        59.9 
> LVDS connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 287mm x 180mm
>    1440x900       60.0*+   59.9     50.0 
>    1360x768       59.8 
>    1152x864       60.0 
>    1024x768       60.0 
>    800x600        60.3     56.2 
>    640x480        59.9 
> HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>
> Have tried xrandr newmode addmode etc and ended up with a screen that
> was half black, half white which only the cursor could get on to.  Not
> so useful.
>
> This is 64 bit, thats the only other thing that might be messing me up.
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Jon Vaughan <jsvaughan@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jsvaughan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Have put some recap details below but 2 crucial things:
>
>     1.  Do you know how I can specify that the system should use the
>     intel driver?  Is that the Driver "intel" line in your xorg.conf? 
>     The machine has both xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.2.0.0-1ubuntu3 and
>     xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.4.1-1ubuntu3.   I had assumed that
>     since the intel driver is installed that magically it would be
>     used (shows my lack of experience - I will feel particularly
>     stupid if this turns out to be the problem :) )
>
>     2.  I've just investigated xrandr and I see that i can add an
>     undetected mode.  I haven't tried this yet but I'm going to give
>     it a go in a minute.  I don't have another monitor to fiddle
>     around with unfortunately.
>
>     xrandr --addmode S-video 1280x1024
>
>
>     Thanks v much for helping!
>
>     J
>
>
>
>     Some recap info:
>
>     - I have a dell monitor that the x301 happily drives in windows
>     via vga at 1280×1024.  This is the resolution I would like under
>     ubuntu.
>     - If I boot into linux with the monitor attached, I get 1024 x
>     768.  By doing 'Configure Display Settings' I have the option to
>     pick 1152 x 864 but in about 80% of cases selecting that just puts
>     junk on the monitor, stops the laptop screen being updated and I
>     end up rebooting.
>     - If I don't boot with the monitor attached but attach it after
>     boot and change display settings to turn it on, sometimes I get
>     similar problems with 1024 x 768
>     - I have tried various xorg.confs.
>
>     I've tried:
>      - the one on here
>     http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_Intrepid_Ibex_(8.10)_on_an_X301
>     <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_Intrepid_Ibex_%288.10%29_on_an_X301>
>     -  your one, as below
>     - When running with the monitor attached in 1024 x 768 it looked
>     like the following:
>
>
>     Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
>     EndSection
>
>     Section "Screen"
>         Identifier    "Default Screen"
>         Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
>         Device        "Configured Video Device"
>         SubSection "Display"
>             Virtual    2592 900
>         EndSubSection
>     EndSection
>
>     Section "Device"
>         Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
>     EndSection
>
>     When I run xrandr I get the same display options for the monitor
>     as I get in the ubuntu gui, i.e. no 1280
>
>
>
>
>     On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Ferdinand Haselbacher
>     <fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         To make it on the list:
>
>         which screen do you have? 1024x768 doesn't work, it is a 4:3
>         resolution?
>
>         have you tried xrandr manually?
>
>
>         mfg
>         Ferdinand
>         Jon Vaughan wrote:
>         > Thanks for replying! (although it doesn't work for me,
>         > unfortunately).  The options I get to select from are 1360 x
>         768, 1152
>         > x 864, 1024 x 768 (same as before - I did have a virtual section
>         > setup, just not quite the same size) and other smaller
>         resolutions.
>         > Its a 4:3 screen so 1360 x 768 no use, and when i pick 1152
>         x 864 all
>         > sorts of things go wrong, nothing is clickable and I have to
>         power
>         > off.  I'm doing VGA to analog in on the monitor, is that
>         what you do?
>         >
>         >
>         > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Ferdinand Haselbacher
>         > <fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>         <mailto:fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         <mailto:fhasex20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>         >
>         >     Jon Vaughan wrote:
>         >     > Hello X301 users!
>         >     >
>         >     > Have any of you managed to get more than 1024 x 768
>         resolution on an
>         >     > external VGA monitor under Linux?  I've done a fair
>         bit of googling
>         >     > and various xorg.conf tweaking but not getting
>         anything useful.
>         >     >
>         >     You need a virtual setting in your xorg.conf
>         >
>         >     for e.g.:
>         >     Section "Monitor"
>         >        Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
>         >     EndSection
>         >
>         >     Section "Screen"
>         >        Identifier    "Default Screen"
>         >        Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
>         >        Device        "Configured Video Device"
>         >        SubSection "Display"
>         >            Virtual    3080 1900
>         >        EndSubSection
>         >     EndSection
>         >
>         >     Section "Device"
>         >        Driver "intel"
>         >        Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
>         >        #Option "NoDRI"
>         >     EndSection
>         >
>         >
>         >     this should work! OOB
>         >
>         >     so far,
>         >     ferdinand
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
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