On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:16:24 +0200, Sebastian Krause wrote: > Hello, > > Out of interest I tried out KMS for my laptop with an integrated > Intel graphics chipset. lspci reports the following hardware: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory > Controller Hub (rev 0c) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 > Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) > 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated > Graphics Controller (rev 0c) > > I followed the instructions on http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting > and it is mostly working fine. However, so far I could find the > following two problems: > > 1) My laptop's native resolution is 1440x900 and KMS sets it > correctly. But the console itself limits itself to around 1024x768 > which leads to empty black spaces below and right of the console > text. > This is probably a known bug in TV detection, fixed in 2.6.31-git
> 2) To set the screen resolution to 96 dpi, I use the following > minimal xorg.conf which works fine without KMS: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Option "Monitor-LVDS" "Internal Panel" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Internal Panel" > DisplaySize 381 238 > EndSection > The output names change with kms, so you need to use LVDS1 instead of LVDS. The [email protected] or [email protected] mailing lists are probably a better forum for this kind of questions though. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
