HOWTO: Install latest intel modesetting driver.

**thatoneguy297** · April 3rd, 2007

I've tried on multiple occasions to get the 915resolution hack to work, to no avail.

I'll go through it step by step one more time to see if I'm doing something wrong.

Code:

corey@Ubuntu:~$ sudo 915resolution -l
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2

Chipset: 845G
BIOS: TYPE 2
Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $3de
Mode Table Entries: 18

Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel

So far so good. I'll change the Mode 38, just like in the example on the site.

Code:

corey@Ubuntu:~$ sudo 915resolution 38 1366 768
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2

Chipset: 845G
BIOS: TYPE 2
Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $3de
Mode Table Entries: 18

Patch mode 38 to resolution 1366x768 complete
corey@Ubuntu:~$ sudo 915resolution -l
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2

Chipset: 845G
BIOS: TYPE 2
Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $3de
Mode Table Entries: 18

Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 38 : 1366x768, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 49 : 1366x768, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 58 : 1366x768, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel

No problem there - the resolution I want is inserted into the lines that I don't use.

So from there, I edit my xorg file...

Code:

corey@Ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Which has the following:

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
	Option		"XkbOptions"	"lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "wacom"
  Identifier    "stylus"
  Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option        "Type"          "stylus"
  Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "wacom"
  Identifier    "eraser"
  Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option        "Type"          "eraser"
  Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "wacom"
  Identifier    "cursor"
  Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option        "Type"          "cursor"
  Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

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

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"32MAA-H6A"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
	Monitor		"32MAA-H6A"
	DefaultDepth	24
		SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1366x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

Awesomesauce. Moving on, I add the startup script so I don't have to run this hack every time I start up X.

Code:

corey@Ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/init.d/boot.local

The file was blank, so the entire contents are what I copied and pasted from the readme on the site, with the pertinent parts edited:

Code:

#! /bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG Nuernberg, Germany.  All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Werner Fink , 1996
#  Burchard Steinbild, 1996
#
# /etc/init.d/boot.local
#
# script with local commands to be executed from init on system startup
#
# Here you should add things, that should happen directly after booting
# before we're going to the first run level.
#

/usr/bin/915resolution 38 1366 768 24

Then CTRL+ALT+Backspace to restart X aaaaaand....

Input out of range.

I've edited the xorg file, 915resolution and the boot script to reflect every single listed resolution one at a time that my HDTV's manual says it supports:

1366x768
1280x768
1280x1024

I even tried 1368x768, since that's what my old Windows XP partition identified it as!

After every edit, I'd hit CTRL+ALT+Backspace, and it would be out of range. So I'd hit CTRL+ALT+F1 to go into the console, edit all three parts with nano, then hit CTRL+ALT+F7 to return to X, then CTRL+ALT+Backspace to reboot X once more. Every time it's set to higher than 1024x768, my monitor says it can't read the input.

The manual says that all resolutions are 24 bits, 60Hz.

Would someone please tell me what else might be going wrong? The monitor has run at 1368x768 with Windows XP, so I know that it is capable. What's the matter?

**T.E.N.** · April 14th, 2007

Originally Posted by micekiller

For anyone messing around with the git repositories I finally got it to run by doing:

Code:

git-clone git://gitweb.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel
cd xf86-video-intel
git checkout modesetting
git-pull -s ours
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

Works just fine on Samsung SyncMaster 215TW (running debian unstable).

Thanks for sharing your experience in getting this to work (cf. also http://l4x.org/28171).

On Ubuntu 6.10 (where DDC over DVI for the standard i810 and intel drivers is broken without a doubt), however, at least the following seems to be required first:

Code:

apt-get install xorg-dev git-core cogito autogen automake1.9 build-essential libtool
update-alternatives --config git

...then select git-scm.
Some of these requirements are listed on the first pages of thread (as things stood half a year ago), but since the dependencies are complex enough to take a while to figure out, they are probably worth mentioning for the next users growing grey hair over how to use resolutions such as 1680*1050 (one also might need to select all entries of "System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager" under "Settings/Repositories" at the start).

Nonetheless, however, I do get stuck with the modesetting branch of recent weeks still not compiling, even when autogen has been invoked using "--with-xserver-source", due to a missing xf86Crtc.h - so the final step required seems to be to either

upgrade to "X server >= 1.3 source tree for mode setting code"
downgrade to / checkout an earlier version of the modesetting branch from the git server (or as archived the last time someone actually got it to compile on current Ubuntu) - any "walk-through" instructions appreciated!

**NilsE** · April 19th, 2007

Originally Posted by thatoneguy297

Code:

#! /bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG Nuernberg, Germany.  All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Werner Fink , 1996
#  Burchard Steinbild, 1996
#
# /etc/init.d/boot.local
#
# script with local commands to be executed from init on system startup
#
# Here you should add things, that should happen directly after booting
# before we're going to the first run level.
#

/usr/bin/915resolution 38 1366 768 24

What's the matter?

Put SUDO in the script in front of the 915resolution command. It may not get executed since it requires root permissions. Also, you don't need the /usr/bin/ either.

SUDO 915resolution 38 1366 768 24

Should work

**T.E.N.** · May 6th, 2007

Originally Posted by T.E.N.

Thanks for sharing your experience in getting this to work (cf. also http://l4x.org/28171).

On Ubuntu 6.10 (where DDC over DVI for the standard i810 and intel drivers is broken without a doubt), however, at least the following seems to be required first:

Code:

apt-get install xorg-dev git-core cogito autogen automake1.9 build-essential libtool
update-alternatives --config git

...then select git-scm.

[...] the modesetting branch of recent weeks [is] still not compiling, even when autogen has been invoked using "--with-xserver-source", due to a missing xf86Crtc.h - so the final step required seems to be to either

upgrade to "X server >= 1.3 source tree for mode setting code"
downgrade to / checkout an earlier version of the modesetting branch from the git server (or as archived the last time someone actually got it to compile on current Ubuntu) - any "walk-through" instructions appreciated!

apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
gets you a working intel driver (replacing i810) for 1680*1050 on Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn",
cf. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/106552

**JoSch** · May 16th, 2007

Originally Posted by thatoneguy297

I've tried on multiple occasions to get the 915resolution hack to work, to no avail.

[...]

Input out of range.

I've edited the xorg file, 915resolution and the boot script to reflect every single listed resolution one at a time that my HDTV's manual says it supports:

1366x768
1280x768
1280x1024

I even tried 1368x768, since that's what my old Windows XP partition identified it as!

After every edit, I'd hit CTRL+ALT+Backspace, and it would be out of range. So I'd hit CTRL+ALT+F1 to go into the console, edit all three parts with nano, then hit CTRL+ALT+F7 to return to X, then CTRL+ALT+Backspace to reboot X once more. Every time it's set to higher than 1024x768, my monitor says it can't read the input.

The manual says that all resolutions are 24 bits, 60Hz.

Would someone please tell me what else might be going wrong? The monitor has run at 1368x768 with Windows XP, so I know that it is capable. What's the matter?

I tried the same with my 1366x768 tv set. Got the same problems... tried even more things but with edgy I was stuck to 1280x768. With feisty I'm unable to get more then 1024x768.
I followed every tutorial I found and still no luck.
btw: have a look at /etc/default/915resolution

**toaste** · May 20th, 2007

Feisty includes a version of this driver in the repositories. It's not the absolute bleeding edge many are searching for, but it did solve my resolution problems and will run Beryl. If you still have a monitor that won't "take" then install the package "read-edid" and google (or read the man page) for some pretty straight forward instructions to get it to generate a mode line to stick in your xorg.conf file (after making a backup!). Good luck.

Code:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

**gottferdamnt** · August 2nd, 2007

Is this how-to can be used on feisty?

**toaste** · August 5th, 2007

gottferdamnt:

No -- the process in the howto won't work anymore since Intel started writing their driver to take advantage of some new features in versions of the xserver too recent to be included in feisty.

But you can still get a more recent version of Intel's driver. It'll let you enable desktop-effects or display widescreen resolutions on your GMA-x3000 based card.

To install this driver, you will need to enable the Universe software repository. If you need help with that, read the instructions here: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...a_repositories

Now, as in my post above, you can either install the package from Synaptic (it's named "xserver-xorg-video-intel"), or use the command below in a terminal to get the job done:

Code:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

**shantanubhadoria** · September 28th, 2008

I used this site http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html for getting the latest official intel drivers for my presario c770TU with intel 965 GM earlier.
currently trying out your way will post back