i810fb on FC2 help

[Jim Cornette]

Michael wrote:
> Can somebody explain how to use this i810fb driver? I can't for the life
> of me get it to work. I don't have any problems using vesafb on other
> systems but the i810 E graphics controller doesn't seem to be supported on
> this Dell GX110.
> 
> If I do something like this,
> 
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> video=i810fb:vram:4,xres:1024,yres:768,bpp:16,hsync1:30,hsync2:70,vsync1:50,vsync2:160,accel,mtrr
> 
> It kind of just ignores it the same way it does with everything else (of
> course since it does not seem to load the module, what am I doing wrong
> there)
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> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> So if I manually modprobe it
> modprobe i810fb vram=4 xres=1024 yres=768 bpp=16 hsync1=30 hsync2=70
> vsync1=50 vsync2=160 accel=1 mtrr=1
> 
> it comes back with;
> ---------------------------------------------------
> I810FB: fb0         : Intel(R) 810E Framebuffer Device v0.9.0
> I810FB: Video RAM   : 4096K
> I810FB: Monitor     : H: 30-70 KHz V: 50-160 Hz
> I810FB: Mode        : 1024x768-16bpp at 86Hz
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> which is great and all.... but that is all it seems to do, nor do I want
> to do that every time I boot the computer. If I do something like fbset -a
> 1024x768-75 or anything I pick..... Screen goes blank and comes back with
> the exact same thing I already have.. (nothing)
> 
> So for the most part I think I don't understand this, and my monitor seems
> pretty crazy but those are the values I got from xorg.conf when I select
> this Dell monitor model (which is fine under X) So what would I do here,
> can somebody explain how I 'should' be able to get this working the same
> way I do with vesa compatabale chipsets where all I really have to do is
> add vga=0x371 and everything is fine and dandy. (I don't grasp their
> documentation either, it doesn't seem to work when I follow exactly what
> they say to do)
> 
> Thanks
> -Mike
> 
> 


Does this problem keep your computer running at 640 x 480 resolution? I 
installed FC3T1 on a Dell computer with an 828656 Graphics Controller. I 
could run system-config-display as root, setup the resolution, but 
display is still in 640 x 480 mode.
GUI ---> System Settings > Display

With the gnome-display-settings program.
GUI --> Preferences > Screen Resolution, it would not allow any choices.

I believe there was mention by someone awhile ago about this problem, 
I'm not sure they got an answer back or found a solution. Since it is 
still in test1, I assume the problem is still there.

Is this card supposed to be recognized as an 845?

Jim