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

Scott J. Harmon harmon at ksu.edu
Fri Oct 21 16:07:26 PDT 2005


>>        Option       ""noDDC" "on"
What is that extra " doing in there?

Philip Prindeville wrote:
> Check your logs to see if it's ignoring the option "noDDC".
> 
> -Philip
> 
> 
> Patrick Steiner wrote:
> 
>> i have tried the noDDc Option but i dont work again.  perhabs there is
>> another problem.
>>
>> should i try 915resolution or should this
>> (http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html) driver work better?
>> or should the original driver also work?
>>
>> i cant change my videocard because its an dell optiplex sx280 (small
>> version) with onboard video card :-(
>>
>> here is the videopart of my xorg.conf
>>
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>>        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>>        ModelName    "Dell 2005FPW (Digital)"
>>        HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
>>        VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
>>        ModeLine     "1680x1050 (Dell)" 147.14 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050
>> 1058 1063 1103
>>        Option       ""noDDC" "on"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>        Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>        Driver      "i810"
>>        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>>        BoardName   "Intel 915"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>        Identifier "Screen0"
>>        Device     "Videocard0"
>>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>        DefaultDepth     24
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     16
>>                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>>        EndSubSection
>>        SubSection "Display"
>>                Viewport   0 0
>>                Depth     24
>>                Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960"
>> "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>>        EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>> - patrick
>>
>>
>> Philip Prindeville wrote:
>>
>>> The EDID reported by this monitor is slightly broken, and I've been
>>> trying to get Dell to fix it, but they have no clue as to what I'm
>>> talking
>>> about, and their "award winning service" (in India) has no way of
>>> talking to anyone on the factory floor or in the design bureau in
>>> Texas or wherever that might be.
>>>
>>> The modeline I use is:
>>>
>>> ModeLine     "1680x1050 (Dell)" 147.14 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1058
>>> 1063 1103
>>>
>>> (and I have to turn on "noDDC" to get it to work...)
>>>
>>> -Philip
>>>
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