I hate xorg... I just want 1280x1024

[Underpants]

I'd like to state that for years and years I've always hated xorg.

I've got 8.10 on an intel motherboard, it's an 845 chipset I think. I have a 1280x1024 that I need to configure.

I have run the command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Which yields the following xorg.conf file.




Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection



That's pathetic. What do I need to do to get the right driver and resolution in there?

[cdtech]

Let's start by finding out exactly which card you have. Could you post the output of:

lspci
See if we can get this thing worked out for ya......

[Underpants]

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 82)

[cdtech]

You'll need to manually edit your "xorg" file to include the below configuration. Be sure to correct to your flavor (hz sync, ect...). See if this gets you going.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL/GE Chipset
Integrated Graphics Device"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
ModelName "[B]Dell 1024x768 Laptop Display Panel"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 845"
VideoRam 10000
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL/GE Chipset
Integrated Graphics Device"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "[B]Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[Underpants]

That threw poopbuntu into low graphics mode.

[cdtech]

Let's see the output of your log file:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xlog.txt
Then just link the text file for viewing....

[Underpants]

I'm just going to throw an nvidia card in the box. I searched around and found other people with the same card, and 10 pages deep into the thread with no results...

:)

thanks for your help!