915resolution on an i810

[Grant]

> >> > I'm getting the following when trying to run '915resolution -l' with
> >> > my i810 onboard video:
> >> >
> >> > system1 ~ # 915resolution -l
> >> > Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2
> >> > Intel chipset detected.  However, 915resolution was unable to
> >> > determine the chipset type.
> >> > Chipset Id: 71248086
> >> > Please report this problem to stomljen at yahoo.com
> >> >
> >> > Is there anything I can do?  Could 915resolution work anyway?
> >>
> >> The i810 uses direct/native modesetting already, and so i915resolution
> >> won't do anything useful there.  Assuming you really do have an i810.
> >>
> >> Keith
> >
> > Are you sure?  I spent this morning in a conversation on this list
> > about how the i810 has its modes defined in BIOS and 915resolution is
> > necessary to define your own.
>
> Yes I'm sure.
>
> The confusion is probably because the drivers for later chipsets from
> intel *do* use the bios for modesetting, and the code for those chipsets
> is bundled into the same driver as the i810.  Hence my comment about you
> really having an i810.
>
> The i810 is a Pentium-3 chipset, ie from around 1999.  Is this the
> hardware you have?  If so, you already have native modesetting, albeit
> written without hw specs and based on reverse engineering the vga modes.
>
> Keith

Keith,

I'm getting every indication from Xorg.0.log that the video onboard my
i810e motherboard can't do native modesetting and has a BIOS list of
modes it is restricted to.

I'm getting this in Xorg.0.log:

(II) I810(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 832x624 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1280x1024 at 75Hz

and I wrote a 1360x768 Modeline based on the EDID info in Xorg.0.log
with no luck.

Is there a definitive way to test my i810e board's modesetting ability?

- Grant