Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
Le jeudi 09 aoC;t 2007 C 20:59 -0400, Frank Bax a C)crit : I'm trying to get 1680x1050; but so far only 1280x1024 works at the moment. dmesg and xorg.conf were in original post, found here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/127104 Xorg.0.log is available here: http://www.execulink.com/~fbax/Xorg.0.log (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280) It seems vesa (or xorg) is not abble to do correctly its job :) Try to add Virtual 1680 1050 (without double quotes) in the subsection display (section screen). It worked for me, the desktop was 1680x1050. Eric
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
At 06:36 AM 8/9/07, Eric Elena wrote: Le mercredi 08 aoC;t 2007 C 10:55 -0400, Frank Bax a C)crit : At 04:49 AM 8/7/07, Eric Elena wrote: Le lundi 06 aoC;t 2007 C 21:21 -0400, Stephan Andre' a C)crit : On Monday 06 August 2007 18:29:12 Matthieu Herrb wrote: On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD. Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver ready for use, and how much effort is there in incorporating it into Xenocara? I'd really like a new laptop--my A31p is old. Thanks, STeve Andre' I tested the avivo driver running linux, it works fine with a firegl 5200 card. There is only one trouble with DPMS: the screen displays something weird when it switches off then switches on. Running openbsd stable, I use the vesa driver but there is no problem here. Does your laptop have a wide-screen monitor like mine? No, my t60p has a normal screen monitor. In T60p BIOS, there is an option HV expansion which will stretch output to always fill the screen. With this option enabled, I am able to fill the monitor, but images do not have proper aspect ratio; so for now I have disabled the option. There is also this option in older thinkpad bios. I have it enabled and as I said it works fine. What is the resolution you would like to work? I'm trying to get 1680x1050; but so far only 1280x1024 works at the moment. dmesg and xorg.conf were in original post, found here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/127104 Xorg.0.log is available here: http://www.execulink.com/~fbax/Xorg.0.log
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
Le mercredi 08 aoC;t 2007 C 10:55 -0400, Frank Bax a C)crit : At 04:49 AM 8/7/07, Eric Elena wrote: Le lundi 06 aoC;t 2007 C 21:21 -0400, Stephan Andre' a C)crit : On Monday 06 August 2007 18:29:12 Matthieu Herrb wrote: On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD. Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver ready for use, and how much effort is there in incorporating it into Xenocara? I'd really like a new laptop--my A31p is old. Thanks, STeve Andre' I tested the avivo driver running linux, it works fine with a firegl 5200 card. There is only one trouble with DPMS: the screen displays something weird when it switches off then switches on. Running openbsd stable, I use the vesa driver but there is no problem here. Does your laptop have a wide-screen monitor like mine? No, my t60p has a normal screen monitor. In T60p BIOS, there is an option HV expansion which will stretch output to always fill the screen. With this option enabled, I am able to fill the monitor, but images do not have proper aspect ratio; so for now I have disabled the option. There is also this option in older thinkpad bios. I have it enabled and as I said it works fine. What is the resolution you would like to work? Eric
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
At 04:49 AM 8/7/07, Eric Elena wrote: Le lundi 06 aoC;t 2007 C 21:21 -0400, Stephan Andre' a C)crit : On Monday 06 August 2007 18:29:12 Matthieu Herrb wrote: On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD. Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver ready for use, and how much effort is there in incorporating it into Xenocara? I'd really like a new laptop--my A31p is old. Thanks, STeve Andre' I tested the avivo driver running linux, it works fine with a firegl 5200 card. There is only one trouble with DPMS: the screen displays something weird when it switches off then switches on. Running openbsd stable, I use the vesa driver but there is no problem here. Does your laptop have a wide-screen monitor like mine? In T60p BIOS, there is an option HV expansion which will stretch output to always fill the screen. With this option enabled, I am able to fill the monitor, but images do not have proper aspect ratio; so for now I have disabled the option.
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
At 04:30 AM 8/7/07, Pierre Riteau wrote:
Le 7 ao{t 07 ` 05:23, Frank Bax a icrit :
At 06:26 PM 8/6/07, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1
snapshot:
1) When I shutdown X, text resolution is messed up. Chars are
bigger, they
are 40 per line, with wrap. All Ctrl-Alt-Fn sessions are
affected. If I
issue a command like 'date', then hit enter several time, I find
that the
command and its output are finally visible.
Since you're using the vesa driver, it means that the VESA BIOS on
your laptop is broken.
Check for updates on Lenovo's web site.
2) ATI adapter is not recognized. Changing depth to 24 works;
but I can't
seem to change resolution - always comes up 1280x1024; but this
is a 15.4
widescreen display; which i believe should run at 1680x1050.
Again, broken bios. Lenovo should provide a bios with resolutions
matching the physical size of the screen.
Try using i915resolution from ports. It has been reported to work
with
other BIOSes too.
Thanks for the prompt response. I updated BIOS from 1.08 to 1.11;
one line changed in dmesg.
$ diff dmesg_0803.txt dmesg_0806.txt
8c8
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 04/30/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfd6b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (68 entries)
---
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/13/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfd6b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (68 entries)
Still no change on initial problems though.
I tried 915resolution, but I'm thinking it's not compatible:
$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/915resolution -l
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
Unable to open the BIOS file: Operation not permitted
IIRC it must be run in secure level -1.
From the description of the port :
Because 915resolution requires write access to /dev/mem, the system
must be at a securelevel = 0.
OK. I added some lines to /etc/securelevel ...
/usr/local/sbin/915resolution -l /tmp/915a.log 21
Unable to determine bios type.
Please run the program 'dump_bios' as root and
email the file 'vbios.dmp' to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chipset: 945GM
Mode Table Offset: $C + $51
Mode Table Entries: 416
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
/usr/local/sbin/915resolution 4d 1680 1050 /tmp/915.log 21
Unable to determine bios type.
Please run the program 'dump_bios' as root and
email the file 'vbios.dmp' to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chipset: 945GM
Mode Table Offset: $C + $51
Mode Table Entries: 416
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
/usr/local/sbin/915resolution -l /tmp/915b.log 21
Unable to determine bios type.
Please run the program 'dump_bios' as root and
email the file 'vbios.dmp' to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chipset: 945GM
Mode Table Offset: $C + $51
Mode Table Entries: 416
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
Would Xorg.0.log provide any clues to anyone that know how to decode
it? It's 120K, so I made it available here:
http://www.execulink.com/~fbax/Xorg.0.log
Frank
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
Le 7 ao{t 07 ` 05:23, Frank Bax a icrit :
At 06:26 PM 8/6/07, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1
snapshot:
1) When I shutdown X, text resolution is messed up. Chars are
bigger, they
are 40 per line, with wrap. All Ctrl-Alt-Fn sessions are
affected. If I
issue a command like 'date', then hit enter several time, I find
that the
command and its output are finally visible.
Since you're using the vesa driver, it means that the VESA BIOS on
your laptop is broken.
Check for updates on Lenovo's web site.
2) ATI adapter is not recognized. Changing depth to 24 works;
but I can't
seem to change resolution - always comes up 1280x1024; but this
is a 15.4
widescreen display; which i believe should run at 1680x1050.
Again, broken bios. Lenovo should provide a bios with resolutions
matching the physical size of the screen.
Try using i915resolution from ports. It has been reported to work
with
other BIOSes too.
Thanks for the prompt response. I updated BIOS from 1.08 to 1.11;
one line changed in dmesg.
$ diff dmesg_0803.txt dmesg_0806.txt
8c8
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 04/30/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfd6b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (68 entries)
---
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/13/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfd6b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (68 entries)
Still no change on initial problems though.
I tried 915resolution, but I'm thinking it's not compatible:
$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/915resolution -l
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
Unable to open the BIOS file: Operation not permitted
IIRC it must be run in secure level -1.
From the description of the port :
Because 915resolution requires write access to /dev/mem, the system
must be
at a securelevel = 0.
Pierre Riteau
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product
0x71d4 rev 0x00
Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not
supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by
the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for
OpenBSD.
Is there someplace where I can monitor OpenBSD status of this?
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
Le lundi 06 aoC;t 2007 C 21:21 -0400, Stephan Andre' a C)crit : On Monday 06 August 2007 18:29:12 Matthieu Herrb wrote: On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD. Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver ready for use, and how much effort is there in incorporating it into Xenocara? I'd really like a new laptop--my A31p is old. Thanks, STeve Andre' I tested the avivo driver running linux, it works fine with a firegl 5200 card. There is only one trouble with DPMS: the screen displays something weird when it switches off then switches on. Running openbsd stable, I use the vesa driver but there is no problem here. Eric
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver Get a T60 with the Intel graphics chipset and an XGA display. You won't have any problems with X Windows.
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
On 8/7/07, Stephan Andre' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver ready for use, and how much effort is there in incorporating it into Xenocara? I'd really like a new laptop--my A31p is old. The avivo driver needs X server 1.3 and libpciaccess to work. xserver 1.3 works on OpenBSD, but won't be in Xenocara for OpenBSD 4.2. I'm working on libpciaccess but it is not in a working state yet.
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD.
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: 1) When I shutdown X, text resolution is messed up. Chars are bigger, they are 40 per line, with wrap. All Ctrl-Alt-Fn sessions are affected. If I issue a command like 'date', then hit enter several time, I find that the command and its output are finally visible. Since you're using the vesa driver, it means that the VESA BIOS on your laptop is broken. Check for updates on Lenovo's web site. 2) ATI adapter is not recognized. Changing depth to 24 works; but I can't seem to change resolution - always comes up 1280x1024; but this is a 15.4 widescreen display; which i believe should run at 1680x1050. Again, broken bios. Lenovo should provide a bios with resolutions matching the physical size of the screen. Try using i915resolution from ports. It has been reported to work with other BIOSes too. 3) The keyboard has a couple of 'dead' keys near cursor keys which are Alt-left and Alt-right in windows. I'd like to map these to PgUp and PgDn. How do I do that? Check with xev if those keys return some keycodes. Then use xmodmap(1) to map them.
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
On Monday 06 August 2007 18:29:12 Matthieu Herrb wrote: On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD. Matthieu, I'm also looking at the Lenovo T60. Is the avivo driver ready for use, and how much effort is there in incorporating it into Xenocara? I'd really like a new laptop--my A31p is old. Thanks, STeve Andre'
Re: Lenovo 8744-J2U - several questions
At 06:26 PM 8/6/07, Matthieu Herrb wrote: On 8/6/07, Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a new Lenovo 8744-J2U laptop and installed the Aug.1 snapshot: 1) When I shutdown X, text resolution is messed up. Chars are bigger, they are 40 per line, with wrap. All Ctrl-Alt-Fn sessions are affected. If I issue a command like 'date', then hit enter several time, I find that the command and its output are finally visible. Since you're using the vesa driver, it means that the VESA BIOS on your laptop is broken. Check for updates on Lenovo's web site. 2) ATI adapter is not recognized. Changing depth to 24 works; but I can't seem to change resolution - always comes up 1280x1024; but this is a 15.4 widescreen display; which i believe should run at 1680x1050. Again, broken bios. Lenovo should provide a bios with resolutions matching the physical size of the screen. Try using i915resolution from ports. It has been reported to work with other BIOSes too. Thanks for the prompt response. I updated BIOS from 1.08 to 1.11; one line changed in dmesg. $ diff dmesg_0803.txt dmesg_0806.txt 8c8 bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 04/30/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd6b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (68 entries) --- bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/13/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd6b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (68 entries) Still no change on initial problems though. I tried 915resolution, but I'm thinking it's not compatible: $ sudo /usr/local/sbin/915resolution -l Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 Unable to open the BIOS file: Operation not permitted vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor ATI, unknown product 0x71d4 rev 0x00 Oh and I forgot: this is a Mobility FireGL V5250, which is indeed not supported by the current X.Org ati driver. It should be supported by the new 'avivo' driver, but this driver is not yet available for OpenBSD. Is there someplace where I can monitor OpenBSD status of this?
