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Intel 865G integrated graphics and XFree 4.3
Searching for anything here, I have been struggling with this problem all week. I installed Red-Hat 9.0 on my machine and fired it up. Tried to run X and couldn't get anything higher than 640x480 at 8bit. Here are a bit of details:
Intel 865G Intel Extreme Graphics onboard video 32mb video ram Red-Hat 9.0 kernel 2.4.20-8 updated with 2.4.22 I read somewhere that the red-hat vanilla kernel didn't work with this onboard video, so I d/l'd 2.4.22 and compiled/installed. Came up again only in 640x480 at 8bit. If I edit XF86Config making the video resolution higher and color depth higher it will not run. I read this "www chzsoft com ar/855patch.html" which described almost exactly what I am seeing in the /var/log/XFree86.0.log(Driver load section): ------------------------------------------ ... ... (**) I810(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) I810(0): RGB weight 888 (==) I810(0): Default visual is TrueColor (II) Loading sub module "int10" (II) LoadModule: "int10" (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) I810(0): initializing int10 (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 832 kB (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)865G Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r)865G Graphics Controller (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0 (II) I810(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 865G (--) I810(0): Chipset: "865G" (--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE8000000 (--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xFEB80000 (II) I810(0): detected 892 kB stolen memory. (II) I810(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 206844 kB available (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 12288 kB VideoRAM (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported. (II) I810(0): BIOS view of memory size can't be changed (this is not an error). (--) I810(0): Pre-allocated VideoRAM: 892 kByte (**) I810(0): VideoRAM: 16384 kByte (==) I810(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe (**) I810(0): page flipping disabled (--) I810(0): Maximum frambuffer space: 16232 kByte (==) I810(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) I810(0): 1 display pipe available. (II) I810(0): Display Info: CRT: attached: FALSE, present: FALSE, size: (0,0) (II) I810(0): Display Info: TV: attached: FALSE, present: FALSE, size: (0,0) (II) I810(0): Display Info: DFP (digital flat panel): attached: FALSE, present: FALSE, si ze: (0,0) (II) I810(0): Display Info: LFP (local flat panel): attached: FALSE, present: FALSE, size : (0,0) (II) I810(0): Display Info: TV2 (second TV): attached: FALSE, present: FALSE, size: (0,0) (II) I810(0): Display Info: DFP2 (second digital flat panel): attached: FALSE, present: F ALSE, size: (0,0) (II) I810(0): Currently active displays on Pipe A: (II) I810(0): CRT (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 4.3.99.12, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.7 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 1 sec. (II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully .... .... I read this "www tldp org/HOWTO/i810-HOWTO/x21.html" and tried to mimic it to configure XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config(Device and Screen Section): ----------------------------- Section "Device" Identifier "i810" Driver "i810" VendorName "Intel" BoardName "Intel 865" VideoRam 16384 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "i810" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection It just will not run at anything higher than 640x480 with 8bit using the Vesa driver. Here is what I am receiving: --------------------------------- # startx Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/uxjohnh2:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (no url rule I had to take this out). XFree86 Version 4.3.99.12 (DRI trunk) Release Date: 10 September 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.22 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux uxjohnh2 2.4.22 #8 SMP Fri Nov 21 13:37:51 EST 2003 i686 Build Date: 20 November 2003 Changelog Date: 10 September 2003 Before reporting problems, check (XFree homepage) to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Nov 21 16:52:32 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (EE) I810(0): No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth. (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org. XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. Any ideas???? Sorry the URLs are funny, something about not allowed to post URLs until 5 posts to prevent spammers? |
No video BIOS modes for chosen depth
Anyone have ideas to this problem?
I am having the exact same problem but on a DELL. I can only get it to work 1024x768 with 256 colors. |
Hi..
Redhat 9.0 fully supports 865 chipsets. I am using with 1024X768 Color resolution. http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/linux/ Set the Graphics size memory to maximum the bios can support. Run the machine in init 3 level Run redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig It will configure.. Regards Siddiqu.T |
This is a DELL GX270 with an i865 8MB video maximum. I checked the BIOS and thats all thats in there.
Will this work in the 1024x768xmillions or thousands of colors? It doesnt seem to work. |
I finally fixed it. I just put a cheap 16MB card and works like a charm. I guess 8MB of video RAM is not enough for hires.
Thanks everyone for their help |
DELL GX270
What BIOS revision has your Dell GX270?
It seems, that the latest (a03) is borked. We have many GX270 here - all work like a charm, but those wth dell's latest bios don't. Downgrading these boxes to a01 solves the graphics problem. hope that helps! |
Wouldn't like to mail me that a01 bios Bonnie78?
:) |
dell gx270 bios
Download from dollowing link:
http://support.jp.dell.com/jp/jp/dow...A01.EXE&p=http create a bootable MS dos/win floppydisk and copy that exe onto it. Boot from floppy and enter gx270a01 at the dosprompt. that should do it! |
I stumbled across those files eventually.. :)
Thanks for your info, I had already tried upgrading, I never thought a downgrade would sort the issue.. :) It's all cool now, (Finally.. ;)) |
One more question Bonnie78.. Do you get that infuriatingly annoying Os install mode activate every time you reboot?
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Bonnie78 you are one click away to be my hero of the day: we just received our brand new gx270 and I downgraded the bios to a01.
(still 8M is the max?!) The max depth I get is still 8, I tried 15,24,.. nothing is ok..only 8 and then I have an ugly color KDE (but 1024 !) My distro is Debian (sorry about that) Note that all of this is in VESA device...because if I use i810, I got the no devices detected... |
@tcr: - you'll need bios a02 to get the OS INSTALL mode away, or use an older kernel <= 2.4.21
@blietaer: - for debian, you'll need xfree 4.3 from debian/experimental. if you plan to use woody, you need to search for backports, maybe at apt-get.org ... hth. |
dell gx270 bios A03 Xfree solution confirm
please confirm the solution to have X running on redhat on dell gx270 with A03 bios. on 7.2, i cannot even start X. on 9, i can start X but resolution is only 640x400. bonnie has mentioned that going back to older bios resolved the problem. is this true? please confirm. thanks a bunch.
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@symbiont: I can confirm that it works - my distro is Debian unstable/sid.
@bonnie78: You rock!! |
Yeehaaaa! Thanks Bonnie and Collin
after downgrading to A02 on RH9, the 1024 resolution kicked in when i start X. for RH7.2, it still not coming up but reinstalling to make sure all is well. i will let you know how that will turn out. has anyone been successful at getting resolution to go higher than 1024? if so, please advise. also, the onboard network card for the gx270 was not recognize by RH7.2. not sure what to do there. please help if you know where i can find driver. i think it's an intel pro 1000. thanks in advance.
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RH7.2 does not like the on-board video on dell gx270
i was not able to get the on-board video card to work on RH7.2 on Dell GX270. if someone has been successful, please advise. thank you.
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Bonnie78 - I owe you a virtual beer!
Many thanks - I just downgraded my BIOS as you suggested and my screen works sensibly again with Mandrake 9.2. You're a star! |
A03 version of BIOS on Dell GX270 does not work on SuSE 9.0, but A01 works.
Cheers Bonnie78 |
I have a Dell GX270 and RedHat 9.0 I downgraded today to A01 but I still have problems. I can get 1280x1024 but only with color depth to 256. Whenever I try higher color depths, even if I reduce the resolution it either doesn't start X or it starts it all wrong. Any ideas?
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I assume, you did'n't set the Video Memory to 8MB in the BIOS, did you?
When set to 1MB, it won't even work with a02 or a01 in higher Video modes. The whole thing is that a03 still has this Video Memory option, but changing to 8MB does not change anything, thus my tip to downgrade to (a01) a02. blitaer wondered, if 8MB is the highest limit for the GX270. well, the XFree4.3 driver can use much more memory, when one specifies the "VideoRam" Option in XF86Config(-4), maybe to 32768. This is also the default value used by the XFree driver, when 3D (dri) is turned on - when dri turned off, 8MB is default. (unless you set more with the "VideoRam" keyword above..) so, video modes like 1600x1200 @ 24bit should all be possible... I heard rumours, X4.4's i810 driver should workaround all those BIOS problem (at least some of them), as there are many mobo's and laptops with i845/855/865 out there, that don't offer the option to change the video (vesa) memory reserved by the bios (which is in 892k in most cases) |
RH7.2 does not like the on-board video on dell gx270
what is your advise on RH7.2 with the Dell GX270 as far as the video and ethernet? it drive on intel site does not work both the RPM and the tar ball. any insights will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance. oh yeah, thanks for the tibdit about the memory for higher resolution on RH9.
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64 Mb in Dell GX270, but ugly video
Hi; I'm a real newbie. :newbie:
I've just tried RH9 on a GX270 with 64 Mb on the 865 board. redhat-config-xfree86 only reports 16 Mbyte... any ideas why? This possibility suggested the basis for the crappy low res X video. I tried the downgrade to A02 - this doesn't seem to have fixed anything. So I restored the A03 BIOS - now 64 Mbyte is an option for the video card settings. But there is no change to the resolution/appearance after restarting X. RIght now, I'm running 1600x1200 with ~100 dpi and 64 Mb with the i810 driver. The screen is filled, but it appears to be running in a low res mode. I can easily see the bits in the letters. Looking over /var/log/XFree86.0.log, I find near the bottom of the file: (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1600x1200" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1280x960" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1152x864" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Increasing the scanline pitch to allow tiling mode (640 ->1024). (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 1024) (**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "640x480" (II) I810(0): Attempting to use 73Hz refresh for mode "640x480" (41) (**) I810(0): Display dimensions: (360, 290) mm (**) I810(0): DPI set to (45, 42) I get these error messages with either the A02 or A03 BIOS. It looks like the video problem may be due to a default video choice, perhaps resulting from nonregnition of the selected display mode. It looks like one of the drivers may not be recognizing the BIOS return call for the display. How do we find out what the BIOS is returning? I hope this is all not too confusing - I'm a bit baffled and hoping someone solves this problem. |
symbiont, I doubt that there's a chance to get video working with RH7.2. Well, in general, I'm not familiar with RH - I'm a long time debian user. RH did some patch work, to get the i845/855/865 working with their xfree 4.2 packages, but - IMHO - this started with RH8 or later... maybe there are unofficial Xfree4.3 rpm's out for RH7.2, but I don't know.
e1000: either check latest errrata kernels for RH7.2, maybe they contain drivers for the e1000. Or just start with a new kernel from kernel.org; another possibilty would be trying to compile the e1000 driver packages - available on intel's website - against your RH7.2 kernel headers... |
hairydan, would it be possible to make your whole xfree.0.log available somewhere on the web?
I doubt, you can achieve anything with bios a03... |
bonnie78, you're going to get virtually drunk with all our beers! Thanks a lot, I did have the video memory in the BIOS to 1M, changed it to 8M and voilá, everything works.
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hehe - I'll better stay with real bavarian beer...
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bonnie78, you can access the entire XFree86 log at http://storage.pace.edu/DStrahs/XFree86.0.log. If you spot something weird, please clue me in - I'm quite unfamiliar with XFree86, as I've only been using Linux since July - although I have nearly 2 decades with other UNIX flavors.
Interestingly, the indv'l who wrote the XFree86 man pages for RH9 also seems quite uncertain of what function various requred files have. It's funny you say that the the A03 BIOS won't work...Right now, I'm using the A03 BIOS with 8 Mb (the BIOS maximum) dedicated to the video. With the A02 BIOS, I can only use 1 Mb; when I tried 8 Mb, the system froze and XFree86 never even got a chance to boot. of course, A02 @ 1 Mb or A03 @ 8 Mb look the same - I still get a crappy 640x480 video screen. I wish I understood what costasm was saying when he upgraded the memory to 16 Mb - is he talking about XFree86, or the total RAM memory of his system, or something else... |
(II) I810(0): detected 892 kB stolen memory.
(II) I810(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 441340 kB available (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 12288 kB VideoRAM (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported. (II) I810(0): BIOS view of memory size can't be changed (this is not an error). (--) I810(0): Pre-allocated VideoRAM: 892 kByte that's the crucial part here. The driver can only use 892 kB to set up video modes... well, that's the typical a03 problem: remember a03@1MB== a03@8MB = 1MB with a01(a02)@8 MB one would find a log entry similar to ' detected 8060 kB stolen memory' thus, you really need to go back to a02@8MB. We just need a way not to freeze your system. A good starting point would be disbling DRI in your XF86Config. btw, costasm meant ' inserting a cheap video card with 16 MB', maybe like a matrox or a ati r128... |
oops, sorry hairydan. I've overlooked the point, that your system crashes with a02 somewhere before X11. Could you provide some details about where your box crashes?
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I have a similar problem to the one discussed in this thread. I have two Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic W600 with an onboard i865 graphics card. I am running Debian / unstable with XFree86 4.3 from the experimental section. On one computer, everything works more or less, although my X-Server sometimes logs me out in an unmotivated fashion. I copied the installation to the second computer by booting Knoppix and doing an rsync -ax ...... with the filesystem of the first computer. On the second computer, everything works except X. I have posted my XF86Config-4 and the two XFree86 logs under:
http://tell.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/XF86Config-4.txt http://tell.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/X...og.working.txt http://tell.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/X...og.failure.txt Hope anybody can explain this strange behaviour... BTW: I am running a custom kernel 2.4.23 with freeswan patches. The agpgart module is loaded, the i810 module is not. Loading the i810 module doesn't make things any better ... I am trying to run 1280 x 1024 @ 32bpp on a Fujitsu-Siemens 17 inch TFT panel... |
bonnie78, I'll have to work on where it's crashing with the A02 BIOS.
It time to try a clean reinstall of RH9 with the A02 BIOS in place; all previous installations were performed with A03 BIOS in place. I'll let you know of my results. |
Hi,
I just bought a new Dell Dimension 4600 which came with an integrated intel 865G video card. I am getting the exact problem described on this thread. So I followed the instructions and tried installing the D4600A02 BIOS with no luck . I keep getting the message: "do you want to install bois version A02?" , loads the image, and display the sdame message again and again.... -Eric |
Success!!! Whoo-hoo!!
bonnie78 and everyone - thanks for your help!
I've just finished reinstalling RH9 - the video looks great now - a full 1024x768 resolution. The trick was: 1) Flash the BIOS with A02. left video RAM set to 1 Mb. 2) Reinstall RH9 - do a clean install, format the HD Drives 3) run firstboot - the XFree86 configuration utility suggests 16 Mb of video RAM for the Dell 1800 FP/Intel 865 card, so I agreed. Too much vram, because now XFree86 won't boot. So I changed the vram to 8 Mb, and rebooted. During the reboot, run the BIOS Setup utility and change the vram to 8 Mb. Reboot, and it all works like a charm! Thanks for all the help!!! |
Dell a02 Bios Gone
Dell seems to have pulled their GX270 A01 and A02 Bios' from their Website. Does any have a copy of the A02? :D I would like to try that one first. rather than going all the way back to A01 if I can. The link to A01 further up the thread still works though (for now) so I downloaded it already. Thanks in Advance.:)
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:( Sorry bonnie78, I tried that, but it won't let me have a directory listing and eventually my ftp client times out.:cry:
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well it works for me (TM). with both mozilla-1.6 and ncftp3 ...
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I have a very similar problem with my graphics, except it wont load the window system at all.
I have a Gigabyte GA-8IG1000 with a Intel 865 chipset. I have tried everything from the standard vga with everything turned down as low as possible to the intel 810 etc. All with no luck. I am attempting to run Debian with the kernal that comes with the latest distro. Can anyone please help me? |
bonnie78: It worked! I was trying to access the site using Windoze and I have some security setting in ie or my firewall too tight. I was able to retreive the file and am looking at the screen at hires even now. Thanks a bunch!:p
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Dell OptiPlex GX270
Hi!
It works ok at 1024x768@24 with BIOS downgraded to 02 and video RAM set to 8 MB in its configuration. Working refresh rates for 1024x768 flat panel monitor are 31 - 50 for horizontal and 40 - 70 for vertical. These settings make driver detect three resolutions (1024,800,640) all @ 60Hz. If You need higher refresh rates, read your monitor manual and set refresh rates acordingly. Regards, BlaYO |
Display Error: DELL E172FP with Card 82865G
Hi Bonnie78
could you help me! I have the next problem: I install RH 9 I have a DELL Optiplex GX270 with a monitor DELL E172FP and a Video Card: Intel 82865G Graphics Controller 64 MB Memory (this info was displayed in windows xp) When I choice Thousands of colors depth of color, doesn't matter the resolution, the appearance is always like 800 * 640. When I choice Millions of colors depth, the computer generates a log . Could you help me? I'm beginner in Linux. Best Regards P.D. Sorry by my English :( |
log file
Bonnie78, this is my log
tell me, how can I send you my log file? |
X display: Dimension 4600 with 865G
I recently purchased a Dimension 4600 with the intel 865G chipset. I'm having display problems, 640x480 resolution, nothing higher. XFree86 version 4.3.0. Bios version a09 (or a07 I can't remember). I tried changing the video ram in the bios from 1MB to 8MB but I still have display problems and the same X log message in either case "Pre-allocated VideoRAM: 892 kByte". Seems like Dell has not fixed this yet.
My question is if anyone has tried this with the 4600, and if they tried downgrading to D4600A02.EXE (is that the right bios?), and if so if it worked for them? Thanks |
We just bought some 4600's and one 4600c from eBay. I have used BIOS setup on both to set 8Mb of video RAM.
The 4600's have BIOS A07 dated 11/24/2003. I've tried downgrading these to A02 but it appears they are incompatible (mine are actually 4600i's and I think the earlier versions only support 4600's). On these, the best I can get is 1024x768 at 8 bits. The 4600c is A04 dated 10/22/2003. On this system, usingt the installed firmware, I got 1600x1200 24-bits with no problem. This is *VERY* frustrating. Anyone have better experience with a 4600i? |
Yes, it works with Dell Bios A02
Hi,
Same pb for me : Dell SX270 with intel chipset 82865G (Springdale-G), Bios rev A03 (with 8MB video memory), redhat 9 with kernel 2.4.20-28.9 and XFree86 4.3.0-2.90.55 I couldn't go behond 640x480 and 16 bits colors with i810 driver. I downgrade to Bios Rev A02 and i can now reach 1280x1024 with 24 bits colors. Thanks a lot ;-) |
Intel 865G and Mandrake 9.2
I am trying to install Mandrake 9.2 on a Dell 4600 with integrated Intel 865G. I am unable to get graphics at any resolution. I have tried using XFdrake to change the X server, but when I test, I just get a message "there was an error, try changing some parameters". If I try to startx, I get a message that I must specify a keyboard in XF86Config.
I am trying to do all of this inside of MS Virtual PC 2004 (MS does not officially support Linux in Virtual PC). Any suggestions out there? |
You might want to look at Virtual PCs newsgroup on Microsoft's site, :D but it emulates some of the hardware it uses the video card emulated being: S3 Trio 32/64 PCI with 8 MB Video RAM. So set up Xfree86 to use the drivers for that viseo card and not your real one.In the virtual PC help file, there is information listed on "emulated and external devices" under the "Concepts | Understanding Virtual PC | Virtual Machines". This is where I found out what video card it uses.:study:
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4.4 on a D4600 w/8M setting is good.
Thanks to the posts in this thread, I tried setting the video memory in the BIOS to 8M, and running XFree 4.4.0. Now I can get 1024x768 as deep as I need. Previously with 4.3 and 1M set in the BIOS I was suffering the same problem as other posters here - I could only get 800x600-256.
Perhaps XFree 4.3 with the 8M setting in the BIOS would have worked too - if anybody cares I can try that, but 4.4.0 installed fine for me so it's probably worth your while giving it a go too. You need AGP for DDI and DRM. I use the agpgart and intel-agp modules in 2.6. By the way, can anyone tell me what changing the "AGP aperture" setting in the BIOS achieves? Mine's set to 128M, but it can go to 256M. The 4.4.0 release notes say of the i810: "Some limitations related to the driver's use of the video BIOS remain, especially for some laptops." Fortunately I don't seem to be suffering from those any longer. Here are some lines from XFree86.0.log: (II) I810(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 865G (--) I810(0): Chipset: "865G" (--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE8000000 (--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xFEB80000 (II) I810(0): detected 8060 kB stolen memory. (II) I810(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 955388 kB available that's my RAM all right (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 12288 kB VideoRAM (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported. [...] (II) I810(0): initializing int10 (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 8000 kB (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)865G Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r)865G Graphics Controller (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0 <--- reassuring (II) I810(0): BIOS view of memory size can't be changed (this is not an error). (--) I810(0): Pre-allocated VideoRAM: 8060 kByte (==) I810(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kByte (==) I810(0): video overlay key set to 0x83e (**) I810(0): page flipping disabled (--) I810(0): Maximum frambuffer space: 32616 kByte So I'm happy at 1024x768@75Hz. All I have to do now is reduce that to 60Hz, which is the rate my cheap analogue CRT likes to refresh, and glory will be mine :-) Many thanks to all the contributors in this forum! You've been a huge help. Here are some details and search bait in the hope that this post will be useful to others. Dell Dimension 4600, Intel 865 856G, BIOS A08, kernel 2.6.3, i810. (P.S. - I must be old. Building X11R5 used to take all night. Now it takes less than half an hour) |
Dell Optiplex gx270 high resolution fixed
Hi
Bonnie78: Thank you very much, I owe you a virtual beer too! I have a DELL Optiplex GX270 with a monitor DELL E172FP and a Video Card Intel 82865G Graphics Controller and my problem was that Slackware 9.1 didn't work with high resolutions.When I selected 24 bits depth, I get a video mode error and if I choose a lower depth it always look like 800 * 640. After I read your posts I could fix it. The solution was: - I downgraded the BIOS with A02 (gx270a02.exe ) and rebooted.During the reboot, run the BIOS Setup utility and change the vram to 8 Mb. Reboot. - Reinstall Slackware 9.1 (clean install). Reboot. - Startx (without running xf86config), and it works. Thanks. Hola Calo, Yo tengo la misma computadora que tu, sólo que yo uso la distribución Slackware 9.1. Y tenía el mismo problema que tu, no importaba de que forma instalara el Xfree86 o que le cambiara a la configuración, de todos modos obtenía un error de video o una resolución muy baja. Como describí arriba la solución fue "descender" (downgrade) el BIOS con el programa gx270a02.exe ( lo obtienes del sitio ftp://ftp.dell.com/bios/) y después reinstalar completo el Linux (puedes probar sin reinstalar, pero como yo ya le había movido mucho, preferí empezar desde cero) funcionó perfectamente, nisiquiera tuve que correr el xf86cfg. Espero que este comentario te sirva de algo. Saludos desde Aguascalientes, México. |
downgrade to A02 is not working
Hi members,
I am happy that I found this thread! I have two GX270 SD (small desktop, thinner than the standard) with the A03 bios. My problem is that after executing gx270a01.exe or gx270a02.exe, pressing twice y, the machine reboots and says: BIOS version A03 Attempting update, please wait. and it boots the OS, but it still has the same A03 BIOS version. :( Any suggestions/ideas? Thanks! chris |
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