[Intel-gfx] Work-around wanted for laptop i3-330 1366x768 video

[Zhenyu Wang]

On 2010.02.10 13:27:46 -0800, Barry Zuckerman wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm the proud owner of a new Gateway NV59xx laptop with a 15.6" (1360x768)
> LCD screen and native video from the i3-330 processor.
> 
> The system is SuSE Enterprise Desktop 11 (kernel 2.6.27.19).  The video
> screen doesn't identify except to show the incorrect 1028x768 resolution.
> The FBDEV auto config fails and just runs as 1024x768.  This is better
> than most other more current Linuxes since they (from web reports) just
> lock up and die.
> 
> Does anyone have a work-around for SuSE ED 11?  We can't load a newer or
> different Linux as our customers demand support on this one.  We really
> (really) would like to just update our xorg.conf file.  But failing
> that, a simple Intel video driver change.  Note: the latest code from
> intellinuxgraphics.org drivers won't compile because of config errors
> and numerous ancillary package requirements!
> 
> So a functional work-around in the xorg.conf file would be really nice.
> Just a resolution correction that will run with FBDEV might be enough
> until there is a driver from SuSE.  (I won't hold my breath.)
> 
> Does anybody have an idea or is this FBDEV approach really dead?
> 

Your kernel is too old to support the Ironlake GPU in i3 CPU. Please use
more recent kernels, 2.6.32.x or 2.6.33-rc to get intel graphics stack to
work on it. Or you may only be able to stick with 'vesa' in xorg.conf...

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