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techmetal
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| Owiber wrote: | Also, I thought it patched one of the files that comes with the kernel, but I was wrong... I think the driver is with XFree86.
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It won't work for me then since I'm using the i810 driver for the 855GM. |
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techmetal
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Owiber wrote: | | oh also, techmetal (or ypok or anyone else who's installed Gentoo on the 500m or D400), were there any peculiars to your Gentoo install on your 500m? I just wanna get an idea of what I'll have to do to my D400 to get it to work when I get it in. |
Yeah, something weird with my filesystem check out this thread:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=59946&highlight=
But I think it's probably some misconfig I've done during installation. |
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Owiber
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| techmetal wrote: | | Owiber wrote: | Also, I thought it patched one of the files that comes with the kernel, but I was wrong... I think the driver is with XFree86.
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It won't work for me then since I'm using the i810 driver for the 855GM. |
hehe, well it might be... just find the file to patch I guess, should be the right one... I'm pretty new to this, so don't take my word for it =) |
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ypok
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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i tried the patch too, it doesn't work... i'm using bios version A05.
here is my error with or without patch:
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(II) I810(0): sxga: Using hsync range of 31.50-64.30 kHz
(II) I810(0): sxga: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz
(II) I810(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) I810(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) I810(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (width too large for virtual size)
(EE) I810(0): No valid modes.
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Owiber
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:02 am Post subject: |
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yeah, it doesn't work...
after reading stuff from the xfree86 devel. list, it seems like the only way to fix this problem is if Dell updates their BIOS or Dell/Intel release the necessary documents to bypass the BIOS to the open source community.
Someone from Intel did say that Dell should release a BIOS in 2 months with the Intel fix (assuming Dell is cooperative, which may or may not happen) |
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techmetal
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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So we're stuck in 640x480 mode 
Any other options aside from waiting for a new BIOS version? Is there any other way to "steal" video memory? |
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ypok
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| techmetal wrote: | So we're stuck in 640x480 mode
Any other options aside from waiting for a new BIOS version? Is there any other way to "steal" video memory? |
there is  ... atleast in win the driver does! |
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Owiber
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 2:36 am Post subject: |
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VMWare? That's what I'm using at the moment, pretty impressed by it too. It's kinda pricey though, might cough up the money for the student license....
They give a free 30 day trial license though. |
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HAsker
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| I'll hope dell will fix this.. or have they done it? |
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Owiber
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| Nope, not fixed yet.... as far as I know. |
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jalapenoharry
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'm stuck with the same problem on my 500m
I've called Dell a couple of times. Urge you guys to do the same and request an updated BIOS. |
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Owiber
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:38 am Post subject: |
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Christian Zietz posted this on the Dell forums:
http://www.mail-archive.com/devel%40xfree86.org/msg02247.html
This supposedly will allow more memory to be allocated (but still won't let you go 1400xwhatever res on the 500m)... let me know if it works for any of you guys.
I've got my linux install in a VM (VMWare)... so I haven't tested it yet. |
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techmetal
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I've tried setting memory to 64k using the patch to run at 1280x1024,16bpp. Works for me, but the colors aren't that even at 16bpp! Still, I'm happy with 1024x768@16bpp!! Let me know what kind of tests you do! |
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Owiber
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Neat, well, I've got a D400, so my screen is native 1024x768... so this hack is sufficient for me.
From the looks of it, they still need a BIOS update to get to the 500m's max resolution.
I'm pondering if I should ditch my VMWare install and go with a regular linux install and use this hack. If I do that though, I won't be able to use the 802.11g card that is integrated... I'll have to grab my old Orinoco.
Hmm... we'll see. =) |
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Owiber
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piyushkhengar
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Hi All,
I have just installed Gentoo 1.4 on my Dell 500m, and using the 855patch I have managed to specify a depth of up to 16. But I still can't get a resolution higher than 640x480 (or whatever it is), even though I know I should be able to get up to 1280x1024.
After specifying a resolution the screen just blinks when restarting X. I've included my XF856Config file for anyone who can help me!
Anybody got any ideas?
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #This line enables the wheel
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Dell TFT LCD"
ModelName "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop LCD"
HorizSync 31.5-90.0
VertRefresh 59.0-75.0
DisplaySize 286 214
ModeLine "1400x1050" 0.00 1400 0 0 0 1050 0 0 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" "False" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
Option "DRI" "True" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel Corp."
BoardName "852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Chipset Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
VideoRam 65536
Option "AGPMode" "1"
EndSection
#Section "Modes"
# Identifier "Modes[0]"
# Modeline "1400x1050"
#EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 1
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 4
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 8
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 15
# EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 24
# Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
# EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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Vbman
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:05 am Post subject: Same problem on 500m |
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Same problem on 500m!
I tried all the 855patch, emerged xfree-drm and Intel's driver. But it failed to go up to 1024x768 for Gentoo 1.4
However it works if I use RedHat 9 with 855patch. |
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Aike
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone made any progress on getting it @ 1400x1050 using Gentoo ?
I'm a little scared to run redhat |
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gimlet
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Well i've managed to get my Dell 500m (UK) running with Kernel 2.6.1 and the A06 bios.
I am using the 855patch executable to modify the video memory to 32MB. here are the X and Kernel configs:-
Kernel Config
XF86Config.
I did not emerge xfree-drm or Intel's driver, its all worked from a stage 1 install.
I'm quite pleasing for my first ever attempt at installing Gentoo / "linux from scratch" type of distro, I am normally used to Red Hat. Beginners luck maybe?[/url] |
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