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[rajb]

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

[Scythe]

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 monitor

i 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.

[rajb]

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]

[pmpatrick]

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.

[rajb]

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

[ianw1974]

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.

[rajb]

i edited the xorg.conf and replaced the i810 to i915, tried to restart x but x fails, doesn't find a monitor

[rajb]

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?

[Guest vato]

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?

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]

[Jas]

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