Intel 82815 Video Display

[harveytaylor2008 at comcast.net]

Which Intel driver?? That's probably where the confusion starts. There are 2 from Intel and 2 from X server.  As far as I can tell, what I was told, is that there seems to be an issue with VESA not reading the card at all.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca>
> Chris G wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
> >> harveytaylor2008 at comcast.net wrote:
> >>> I am having issues with Ubuntu 8.10 and my video card. I am able to get 
> 800x600 only and I am not able to make changes to documents, etc due to the fact 
> of my limit screen. Can anyone help?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Make sure X is using the intel driver...not any other one. In my
> >> experience with Intel 82865 on-board video. the intel driver is the only
> >> one that works properly. It gives me 1650x1080 on my LG Flatron monitor.
> >>
> > My experience with the Intel drivers and a motherboard with the Intel
> > G31 chipset is bad.  The new 'no xorg.conf' setup gets very lost on my
> > system and although X itself is stable when I exit (to the gdm login
> > screen) it sometimes crashes.  I also can't get CTRL/ALT/n to work at
> > all, it goes to an unusable video mode.
> 
>   The 82815 is much older than the G31 express chipset.
>   I also don't like the self-configuring of xorg...but thems the breaks :)
> 
> > 
> > I think there's something decidedly lacking still in the way that the
> > Intel drivers configure themselves to the screen resolution.
> > 
> 
>    Could be...but the intel driver works like a champion here.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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