Xorg7 + i810 driver + 915resolution = still can't go above 1600x1200.

Jeffrey W. Baker jwbaker at acm.org
Sat Oct 28 15:48:30 PDT 2006


On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 15:45 -0700, List Subscriber wrote:
> One additional, potentially relevant piece of information: the 810
> module generates a couple of checksum warnings against the V_BIOS:
> 
> Xorg.0.log:
> -----------
> ...
> (II) I810(0): initializing int10
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
> ...
> (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 12288 kB VideoRAM
> (II) I810(0): initializing int10
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> (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: 12288 kB
> (II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)Lakeport-G Graphics Chip Accelerated V
> ...
> -----------
> 
> Could it be that the driver is trying to be smart and discard the
> 1920x1200 mode due to the bad checksum (presumable caused by the
> 915resolution tinkering)?

In my experience, the log always WWarns about the bad checksum,
tinkering or no.

-jwb




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