I am using XFree86 4.2.0 on Mandrake Linux 8.2. I can't get the 1400x1050 resolution working.
It appears that I and at least one other person have run into a bug in the BIOS of the HP Pavilion N5495 reporting via 'VBE' resolutions up to 1280x1024 only. Question #1 - Are there any ways in the XF86Config to tell it not to believe the VBE/ BIOS, ie force 1400x1050 mode? Question #2 - If I had to hack the XFree86 source code, can anyone tell me if such a hack has been done before? -- More information follows, including portion of XFree86 log files, and startx output. My HP N5495 web page: http://www.ehighschool.ca/hp-n5495.html My XF86Config-4 file: http://www.ehighschool.ca/XF86Config-4 Another web page mentioning the N5495 bios troubles: http://www.if.pw.edu.pl/~kisiel/laptop/hplinux.html -- snippet from my XFree86.0 log -- (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (--) I810(0): Chipset: "i830" (--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE8000000 (--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xE0000000 (II) I810(0): detected 8192K stolen memory. (II) I810(0): I810CheckAvailableMemory: 441340k available (==) I810(0): Will alloc AGP framebuffer: 16384 kByte (==) I810(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) I810(0): Currently active displays on Pipe A: (II) I810(0): LFP (Local Flat Panel) child device (II) Loading sub module "vbe" (II) LoadModule: "vbe" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a (II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) VESA BIOS detected (II) VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) VESA VBE Total Mem: 8000 kB (II) VESA VBE OEM: Almador Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS (II) VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 (II) VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation (II) VESA VBE OEM Product: Almador Graphics Controller (II) VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0 (II) Loading sub module "ddc" (II) LoadModule: "ddc" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC Level none (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 0 sec. (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC read failed (==) I810(0): DPI set to (75, 75) (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280) (**) I810(0): Default mode "1280x1024" (**) I810(0): Default mode "1024x768" (**) I810(0): Default mode "800x600" (**) I810(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 (==) I810(0): RGB weight 565 (==) I810(0): Default visual is TrueColor (**) I810(0): Option "DRI" "on" (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (--) I810(0): Chipset: "i830" (--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE8000000 (--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xE0000000 (II) I810(0): detected 8192K stolen memory. (II) I810(0): I810CheckAvailableMemory: 441340k available (==) I810(0): Will alloc AGP framebuffer: 16384 kByte (==) I810(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) I810(0): Currently active displays on Pipe A: (II) I810(0): LFP (Local Flat Panel) child device (II) Loading sub module "vbe" (II) LoadModule: "vbe" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a (II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) VESA BIOS detected (II) VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) VESA VBE Total Mem: 8000 kB (II) VESA VBE OEM: Almador Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS (II) VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 (II) VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation (II) VESA VBE OEM Product: Almador Graphics Controller (II) VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0 (II) Loading sub module "ddc" (II) LoadModule: "ddc" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC Level none (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 0 sec. (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC read failed (==) I810(0): DPI set to (75, 75) (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280) (**) I810(0): Default mode "1280x1024" (**) I810(0): Default mode "1024x768" (**) I810(0): Default mode "800x600" -- error output from startx -- XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System ... boring stuff snipped... (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
