intel / i810 driver weirdness fc7 x86_64: any news?

[Peter Robinson]

I think there was something about this earlier in the month on the
xorg mailing list. I think it has been fixed in git, but not sure as a
quick search couldn't dig out the post.

Peter

On 6/28/07, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> using intel driver in Xorg.conf with an updated x86_64 fc7 where
> screen/monitor/device are configured as:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "1706FP"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
>          VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "intel"
> #       Driver      "i810"
>         Option "AperTexSize" "65536"
>         Option "PageFlip" "true"
>         Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
> #       Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> #       Monitor     "1706FP"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> I get 1280x1024 mode but the top and bottom panel seem to understand they
> are in as 1024x768 one...:
> both are shorter than the whole horizontal lenght of the screen and the
> bottom one is not at bottom of the screen but 1/5 above of it
> The applications behave correctly in the sense that they use the whole
> screen whne maximized / moved...
>
> In log file I have
> (II) intel(0): EDID for output TMDS-1
> (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: DEL  Model: 3018  Serial#: 1094932814
> (II) intel(0): Year: 2005  Week: 38
> (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3
> (II) intel(0): Digital Display Input
> (II) intel(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 34  vert.: 27
> (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20
> (II) intel(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
> (II) intel(0): Default color space is primary color space
> (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
> (II) intel(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.330   greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.600
> (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.060   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
> (II) intel(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
> (II) intel(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
> (II) intel(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
> (II) intel(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
> (II) intel(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
> (II) intel(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
> (II) intel(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
> (II) intel(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
> (II) intel(0): 1280x1024 at 75Hz
> ...
> (II) intel(0): Serial No: GC57159DACYN
> (II) intel(0): Monitor name: DELL 1706FPV
> (II) intel(0): Ranges: V min: 56  V max: 76 Hz, H min: 30  H max: 81 kHz,
> PixClo
> ck max 140 MHz
>
> using the i810 driver option in device section I don't get this problem but
> tipically I have to Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace 4-5 times before getting the gdm
> login screen.
> otherwise I only hear a beep and get a black screen...
> Sometimes I need to go with init 3 / init 5 ....
> Any news on this side? Any way to contribute debugging? Is this problem the
> same for i386 or is it an x86_64 specific one?
> Any bug numbers already opened to fill with further information?
> The system is a Dell SX280 desktop where lspci -v gives:
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
> Integrated Grap
> hics Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>         Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0179
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>         Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
>         I/O ports at e898 [size=8]
>         Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>         Memory at dfec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
>         Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
>
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82915G Integrated Graphics
> Controller
>  (rev 04)
>         Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0179
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Memory at dff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
>         Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Gianluca
>
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