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

[Felix Miata]

On 2010/02/11 09:19 (GMT-0800) Jesse Barnes (@Intel) composed:

> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:06:57 -0800 (PST)

>> Does anyone else have any ideas?

> I hope you don't expect an old release to fully expose the features of
> your new hardware.  Sure, the CPU is backwards compatible, and many
> devices on your board are likely compatible with Linux drivers in
> SLES11, but the graphics chip is very new, requiring a lot of new
> driver code.

> So unless SuSE backports support for the new hardware you'll have to use
> something like the VESA driver to get the basics working.

> So try creating a device section in your xorg.conf with a driver param
> of "vesa", e.g.:

> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "vesa"
> EndSection

> then refer to it in your "screen" section.

It was quite clear to me in the thread starter that the generic base was
covered. Generic works, just not at the display's native resolution, which
the OP found unacceptable, and wanted help in correcting.
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