FC5 laptop install; incorrect graphics driver

[Colin Brace]

On 5/1/06, Colin Brace <cb at lim.nl> wrote:

> I just did a fresh install of FC5 on my laptop, which has a Intel
> 915GM graphics chipset. For some reason, anaconda didn't correctly
> detect this and chose what appears to be an incorrect graphics driver;

I just took a look at the xorg.conf which the Ubuntu 5.10 install
creates for this laptop, and it appears that the driver chosen is
correct, the "i810", but some settings for it must be wrong. Here is
the xorg.conf from Breezy, which is obviously an older version of X:

[...]

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
Graphics Device"
        Driver          "i810"
        BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
        Modeline        "1280x800 at 60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
Graphics Device"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1280x800"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1280x800"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1280x800"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1280x800"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x800"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x800"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

[...]

I am experimenting a bit with the settings now, but trial & error is
not so efficient.

--
  Colin Brace
  Amsterdam