Intel 915G with Dell 2005FPW TFT no bigger resolution then 1280x1024

Philip Prindeville philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com
Fri Oct 21 16:02:02 PDT 2005


Check your logs to see if it's ignoring the option "noDDC".

-Philip


Patrick Steiner wrote:

> i have tried the noDDc Option but i dont work again.  perhabs there is 
> another problem.
>
> should i try 915resolution or should this 
> (http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html) driver work better?
> or should the original driver also work?
>
> i cant change my videocard because its an dell optiplex sx280 (small 
> version) with onboard video card :-(
>
> here is the videopart of my xorg.conf
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>        ModelName    "Dell 2005FPW (Digital)"
>        HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
>        VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
>        ModeLine     "1680x1050 (Dell)" 147.14 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 
> 1058 1063 1103
>        Option       ""noDDC" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "Videocard0"
>        Driver      "i810"
>        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>        BoardName   "Intel 915"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Videocard0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        DefaultDepth     24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     16
>                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     24
>                Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" 
> "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> - patrick
>
>
> Philip Prindeville wrote:
>
>> The EDID reported by this monitor is slightly broken, and I've been
>> trying to get Dell to fix it, but they have no clue as to what I'm 
>> talking
>> about, and their "award winning service" (in India) has no way of
>> talking to anyone on the factory floor or in the design bureau in
>> Texas or wherever that might be.
>>
>> The modeline I use is:
>>
>> ModeLine     "1680x1050 (Dell)" 147.14 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1058 
>> 1063 1103
>>
>> (and I have to turn on "noDDC" to get it to work...)
>>
>> -Philip
>>
>
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