Intel 915G with Dell 2005FPW TFT no bigger resolution then 1280x1024

[Philip Prindeville]

Xavier Bestel wrote:

>Le jeudi 20 octobre 2005 à 14:50 -0600, Philip Prindeville a écrit :
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>>>FWIW I have plugged it on a pc loaded with Mandriva 2006, and without
>>>even touching xorg.conf or anything the desktop booted in 1680x1050. 
>>>100% perfect, I'd like Xorg to be always like that :)
>>>
>>>	Xav
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>Odd.  On a number of video cards that I tried, the top 5 video lines were
>>missing when I used the EDID timings "as is"...
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>Well, on my girlfriend's 2005FPW it's all OK, and on my 2405FPW plugged
>on a debian/sid too (I made an xorg.conf with the resolution but without
>modeline).
>OTOH they both use radeons (9200 & 9600) through DVI, which work way
>better than Intel cards wrt video mode setting.
>
>	Xav
>  
>

I don't remember having issues with DVI, just with VGA.  What version
of EDID information are you seeing?  Mine reports 1.3:

(II) VIA(0): Manufacturer: DEL  Model: e008  Serial#: 877546316
(II) VIA(0): Year: 2005  Week: 4
(II) VIA(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) VIA(0): Analog Display Input,  Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
(II) VIA(0): Sync:  Separate  Composite  SyncOnGreen
(II) VIA(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 43  vert.: 27
(II) VIA(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) VIA(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) VIA(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) VIA(0): redX: 0.637 redY: 0.340   greenX: 0.297 greenY: 0.610
(II) VIA(0): blueX: 0.146 blueY: 0.071   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
(II) VIA(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) VIA(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
(II) VIA(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
(II) VIA(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
(II) VIA(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
(II) VIA(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
(II) VIA(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
(II) VIA(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
(II) VIA(0): 1280x1024 at 75Hz
(II) VIA(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) VIA(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) VIA(0): #0: hsize: 1280  vsize 1024  refresh: 60  vid: 32897
(II) VIA(0): #1: hsize: 1152  vsize 864  refresh: 75  vid: 20337
(II) VIA(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) VIA(0): clock: 146.2 MHz   Image Size:  434 x 270 mm
(II) VIA(0): h_active: 1680  h_sync: 1784  h_sync_end 1960 h_blank_end 
2240 h_border: 0
(II) VIA(0): v_active: 1050  v_sync: 1053  v_sync_end 1059 v_blanking: 
1089 v_border: 0
(II) VIA(0): Serial No: T613051J4NKL
(II) VIA(0): Ranges: V min: 56  V max: 75 Hz, H min: 30  H max: 83 kHz, 
PixClock max 150 MHz
(II) VIA(0): Monitor name: DELL 2005FPW
(II) VIA(0): EDID (in hex):
(II) VIA(0):    00ffffffffffff0010ac08e04c4b4e34
(II) VIA(0):    040f01036e2b1b78ea0195a3574c9c25
(II) VIA(0):    125054a54b008180714f010101010101
(II) VIA(0):    01010101010121399030621a274068b0
(II) VIA(0):    3600b20e1100001c000000ff00543631
(II) VIA(0):    333035314a344e4b4c0a000000fd0038
(II) VIA(0):    4b1e530f000a202020202020000000fc
(II) VIA(0):    0044454c4c20323030354650570a001f
(II) VIA(0): Dell2005FWP: Using hsync range of 30.00-83.00 kHz
(II) VIA(0): Dell2005FWP: Using vrefresh range of 56.00-75.00 Hz
(II) VIA(0): Clock range:  20.00 to 230.00 MHz

Running this through parse-edid gives:

./parse-edid: parse-edid version 1.4.1
./parse-edid: EDID checksum passed.

        # EDID version 1 revision 3
Section "Monitor"
        # Block type: 2:0 3:ff
        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
        Identifier "DELL 2005FPW"
        VendorName "DEL"
        ModelName "DELL 2005FPW"
        # Block type: 2:0 3:ff
        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
        HorizSync 30-83
        VertRefresh 56-75
        # Max dot clock (video bandwidth) 150 MHz
        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
        # DPMS capabilities: Active off:yes  Suspend:yes  Standby:yes

        Mode    "1680x1050"     # vfreq 59.954Hz, hfreq 65.290kHz
                DotClock        146.250000
                HTimings        1680 1784 1960 2240
                VTimings        1050 1053 1059 1089
                Flags   "+HSync" "-VSync"
        EndMode
        # Block type: 2:0 3:ff
        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
EndSection


-Philip