Bug 246825

Summary:	x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 - X always starts in 720x400 mode on Intel GMA900 (i915)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	emdej <emdej>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description emdej 2008-11-15 09:18:09 UTC

I've recently changed mainboard and graphics card to i915 (onboard) and now after starting X the resolution is always (xorg.conf independently) 720x400. I was trying xorg-x11 7.2 and 7.3 and xorg-server 1.3 and 1.4, xf86-video-i810 2.1, 2.2 and latest 2.4.2. When gdm starts, it look terrible, height of fonts is nearly half of the monitor!
I can use xrandr to change resolution to 1280x1024 when X is running, but fonts are then still inappropriate.
I've found that X starts in normal mode when running gentoo live-cd 2007.0, so copied /etc/X11 from there - didn't help.. :(
Finally I've installed x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-1.6.5 and it helped.
I think it's a bug in video driver 2.* so 1.* ebuilds should not be hard masked.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Buy Intel GMA900 (i915) card.
2. Assemble it in your computer.
3. Instal default (2.*) driver.

Comment 1 emdej 2008-11-15 09:19:16 UTC

You can find additional comments here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=5230191

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-11-17 07:56:37 UTC

1) Please post your `emerge --info' too.
2) Specify in the Summary which version of x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 you use.

(In reply to comment #1)
> You can find additional comments here:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=5230191

3) Collect all relevant information here (and not on other resources).
4) Reopen this bug report.