Still trying to get to 1680x1050 WAS: Upgrade to 8.04 stuck in 800x600

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Maybe, this is what you are looking for:

aptitude show xserver-xorg-video-intel
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.7
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 713k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdrm2 (>= 2.3.0), xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.4)
Conflicts: xserver-xorg-driver-i810, xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting, xserver-xorg-video-intel-modesetting
Replaces: xserver-xorg (< 6.8.2-35), xserver-xorg-driver-i810, xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting, xserver-xorg-video-intel-modesetting
Provides: xserver-xorg-video-2
Description: X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
 This package provides the driver for the Intel i8xx and i9xx family of chipsets, including i810, i815, i830, i845, i855, i865, i915, i945 and i965
 series chips.

 This package also provides an XvMC (XVideo Motion Compensation) driver for i810 and i815 chipsets.

 More information about X.Org can be found at: <URL:http://www.X.org> <URL:http://xorg.freedesktop.org>
 <URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg>

 This package is built from the X.org xf86-video-intel driver module.

lchata at ubuntu-hardy-64bit:~$ aptitude search xserver-xorg-video-intel
i A xserver-xorg-video-intel                                            - X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
p   xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg                                        - X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver (debug symbols)


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net


--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:

> From: Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca>
> Subject: Re: Still trying to get to 1680x1050 WAS: Upgrade to 8.04 stuck in 800x600
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 11:37 AM
> Derek Broughton wrote:
> > Frank McCormick wrote:
> > 
> >> Derek Broughton wrote:
> > 
> >>> fwiw, you are _not_ as stated, using the i810
> driver - you're using the
> >>> intel driver.
> >>>
> >>> If you look at the output I sent, it all
> begins with "(II) I810(0):", so
> >>> I'd suggest you start by changing
> 'Driver "intel"' to 'Driver
> "i810"'.
> >> Part of my xorg.conf  AFAIK there is not intel
> driver with Ubuntu Hardy
> >>
> >> Section "Device"
> >> Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
> >> Boardname     "Intel"
> >> Busid         "PCI:0:2:0"
> >> Driver                "i810"
> >> Screen        0
> >> EndSection
> > 
> > Then look at your errors and warnings, because those
> messages are from
> > the "intel" driver.  Particularly, you
> should see:
> > (II) LoadModule: "i810"
> > (II) Loading
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i810_drv.so
> > (II) Module i810: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> > (II) I810: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics
> Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100,
> >         i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
> 915G, E7221 (i915),
> > 
> > fwiw, the intel driver is in hardy, in the
> xserver-xorg-video-intel package
> > and the i810 driver is in the xserver-xorg-video-i810
> package.  I have no
> > idea which is really right for your system, but you
> (and your xorg.conf)
> > say you're using i810, while the messages say
> you're using intel.
> 
> 
> aptitude install intel
> 
> xserver-xorg-video-intel:
> 
> Package xserver-xorg-video-intel has no available version,
> but exists in
> the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a
> dependency and
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with
> the contents
> of sources.list
> 
> My Debian Sid uses the Intel driver and it has no problems
> with 1680x1050.
> 
> I dunno what's going on with Hardy. Maybe I'll try
> the Sid driver but
> that's unlikely to work.
> 
> 
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