rajb Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) hi i recently bought a new monitor (viewsonic vx2245wm) but i cant get it to work properly i went into mcc and i tried to change the resolution, it installed 915resolution for me and then it found my monitor i tried to change the resolution from mcc but it just wont go through i have a intel 845 i went to the intel website but i couldnt find much could you guys help me out? thanks Edited April 8, 2007 by rajb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scythe Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 That's a nice monitor - wish I had the money for something like that :) The Intel 845 you mentioned is a chipset, but not a video chipset. My guess is that you don't have the right drivers installed for your graphics card. What is the make and model of your graphics card? i went into mcc and i tried to change the resolution, it installed 915resolution for me and then it found my monitori tried to change the resolution from mcc but it just wont go through What exactly do you mean by this? Please be specific. Also keep in mind that you might not be able to get full functionality out of the features of that monitor in Linux. The media card reader is one that might not be recognized, but then again it could work. Also, if that monitor has a docking station for your iPod, you'll have to install some drivers and software to get it to transfer files in Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajb Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 yea the monitor is pretty tight, as for the card readers and ipod, i am pretty sure that will work, especially if i get the drivers its a Intel? 82845G/GL/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device yea your right about the drivers, thats all i need i went to the intel website and downloaded the appropriate driver but they didnt work i tried to run the install.sh but then it says stuff about kernel modules, and AGPGART.. but i dont even have AGP... only PCI [please watch your language. thank you. - arctic] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Please post the native resolution of your new monitor and the ouptut of the following command run as root: # 915resolution -l That should list your intel graphics chipset(probably 855) and the currently supported resolutions. It's a lengthy file, but we will probably need to see your graphics configuration file as well. Please post /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajb Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) native resolution: 1680x1050 this is what is displayed when i type # 915resolution -l: Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 Chipset: 845G BIOS: TYPE 2 Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $38a 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 : 1680x1050, 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 : 1680x1050, 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 : 1680x1050, 32 bits/pixel this is the xorg.conf # File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713) # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # font server independent of the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" # minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "VX2245wm" HorizSync 30-82 VertRefresh 50-75 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 65.3 kHz hsync, ratio 16/10) ModeLine "1680x1050" 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 +hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "Intel 845" Driver "i810" Option "DPMS" Option "May_Need_ForceBIOS" "1" Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800" EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection Edited April 11, 2007 by rajb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Probably the drivers your downloading from Intel are old. I've also had this agpgart error when using Intels drivers on my laptop and they are old. They only worked with Mandrake 10.1 from what I remember. Stick with the driver you already have selected. It works fine with your card. Alternatively, change it from the i810 to i915 instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajb Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 i edited the xorg.conf and replaced the i810 to i915, tried to restart x but x fails, doesn't find a monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajb Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 i couldnt get it to work, looked everywhere it even tries to start when x starts up but it jus fails do you know how i can fix this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vato Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 i couldnt get it to work, looked everywhereit even tries to start when x starts up but it jus fails do you know how i can fix this issue? horralay wayy i got the same problem, my bro bought this widescreen monitor with the same resolution i tried what ian said also, the same thing happened [please watch your language. thank you. and welcome aboard :) - arctic] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 HAPPY 4/20 VATO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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