Bug 238349 – sys-apps/915resolution doesn't recognize Intel 945GME chipset

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Julian Simioni 2008-09-22 02:23:19 UTC]

New 945GME Intel graphics on my Dell Inspiron 910 is not detected by 915resolution and reports unknown chipset.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.# 915resolution -l

Actual Results:  
program ends with unknown chipset error

Expected Results:  
Program displays video mode information

[Comment 1 Julian Simioni 2008-09-22 02:25:29 UTC]

Created attachment 166048 [details]
915resolution-0.5.3-r3.ebuild

[Comment 2 Julian Simioni 2008-09-22 02:26:01 UTC]

Created attachment 166051 [details, diff]
945GME patch

[Comment 3 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-02-02 13:11:31 UTC]

You shouldn't need 915resolution with newer versions of the xf86-video-intel driver.

Thanks

[Comment 4 Simeon Maryasin 2009-02-02 16:52:03 UTC]

yes, but what about console framebuffer?

[Comment 5 Xavier Miller (RETIRED) 2009-02-27 13:24:12 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> yes, but what about console framebuffer?
> 

Same need for me: I want my framebuffer console going 1024x600 and not 640x480 ;)

Xavier.

[Comment 6 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) 2009-05-31 15:12:22 UTC]

I can confirm that the patch works correctly on Intel 945GME.  915resolution, while not needed for Xorg, is still necessary in order to use the native LCD resolution in the framebuffer.  Could we please get that patch into the tree?

[Comment 7 Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) 2010-01-15 13:48:30 UTC]

with KMS, this should no longer be necessary, right?
anyway - added to the tree.