Hello,
This is my first post so please forgive me any important omissions.
I selected for my old Sony Vaio VGN-C13G this particular distribution as it seems to me the most promising. Unfortunately OpenSuSE 13.1 detects only 1024x768. Before Windows XP was working at 1280 x 800 on this PC without any problem. I also tried other major distributions but only Knoppix and Puppy Linux can detect and work at 1280 x 800.
More details:
1.Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
2. zbyszek@linux-44wk:~> xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected primary 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 0.0*
1024x600 0.0
800x600 0.0
640x480 0.0
3. /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:820f]
Kernel modules: i915
3. Tried to install latest Intel driver for Fedora (only Fedora and Ubuntu are available). It was rejected because of lack of appropriate dependencies. When I had original Ubuntu (Lubuntu, Xubuntu) and installed Intel driver resolution was still only 1024x768
4. zbyszek@linux-44wk:~> rpm -ql xorg-x11-driver-video
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-screen.conf
/usr/share/doc/packages/xorg-x11-driver-video
/usr/share/doc/packages/xorg-x11-driver-video/README.meta
5.After I entered "man intel" it showed that my graphics is supported by this driver:
DESCRIPTION
intel is an Xorg driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets. The
driver supports depths 8, 15, 16 and 24. All visual types are sup-
ported in depth 8. For the i810/i815 other depths support the True-
Color and DirectColor visuals. For the i830M and later, only the True-
Color visual is supported for depths greater than 8. The driver sup-
ports hardware accelerated 3D via the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
(DRI), but only in depth 16 for the i810/i815 and depths 16 and 24 for
the 830M and later.
6. On SUSE web site http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Motherboards I found the following:
Vendor Model ProcessorVendor Chipset SupportsdefaultKernel SUSE Release 64bitSupported Comments
10.1 10.2 10.3 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3
Aopen i945GTt-
VFA Intel Mobile Yes ? ? ? N/A Supports Core
Intel® Duo - Yonah
945GM
Express
Chipset
7. I also tried using YaST Control Centre> Hardware>Boot Loader. I changed in Boot Loader Options VGA mode to 1280x800, 16 bits (mode 0x364). After rebooting SUSE flashed some errors and I'm back in 1024 x 768 resolution.
8. I found in /var/log/Xorg.0.log a lot of interesting info about video setup but I do not understand it. This file is huge. How can I copy the contents of it (if its needed) for my next post?
Do I expect impossible from OpenSuSE 13.1 to run at 1280 x 800 on this old Sony laptop? I hope that someone will help me.
This is my first post so please forgive me any important omissions.
I selected for my old Sony Vaio VGN-C13G this particular distribution as it seems to me the most promising. Unfortunately OpenSuSE 13.1 detects only 1024x768. Before Windows XP was working at 1280 x 800 on this PC without any problem. I also tried other major distributions but only Knoppix and Puppy Linux can detect and work at 1280 x 800.
More details:
1.Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
2. zbyszek@linux-44wk:~> xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected primary 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 0.0*
1024x600 0.0
800x600 0.0
640x480 0.0
3. /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:820f]
Kernel modules: i915
3. Tried to install latest Intel driver for Fedora (only Fedora and Ubuntu are available). It was rejected because of lack of appropriate dependencies. When I had original Ubuntu (Lubuntu, Xubuntu) and installed Intel driver resolution was still only 1024x768
4. zbyszek@linux-44wk:~> rpm -ql xorg-x11-driver-video
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-screen.conf
/usr/share/doc/packages/xorg-x11-driver-video
/usr/share/doc/packages/xorg-x11-driver-video/README.meta
5.After I entered "man intel" it showed that my graphics is supported by this driver:
DESCRIPTION
intel is an Xorg driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets. The
driver supports depths 8, 15, 16 and 24. All visual types are sup-
ported in depth 8. For the i810/i815 other depths support the True-
Color and DirectColor visuals. For the i830M and later, only the True-
Color visual is supported for depths greater than 8. The driver sup-
ports hardware accelerated 3D via the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
(DRI), but only in depth 16 for the i810/i815 and depths 16 and 24 for
the 830M and later.
6. On SUSE web site http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Motherboards I found the following:
Vendor Model ProcessorVendor Chipset SupportsdefaultKernel SUSE Release 64bitSupported Comments
10.1 10.2 10.3 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3
Aopen i945GTt-
VFA Intel Mobile Yes ? ? ? N/A Supports Core
Intel® Duo - Yonah
945GM
Express
Chipset
7. I also tried using YaST Control Centre> Hardware>Boot Loader. I changed in Boot Loader Options VGA mode to 1280x800, 16 bits (mode 0x364). After rebooting SUSE flashed some errors and I'm back in 1024 x 768 resolution.
8. I found in /var/log/Xorg.0.log a lot of interesting info about video setup but I do not understand it. This file is huge. How can I copy the contents of it (if its needed) for my next post?
Do I expect impossible from OpenSuSE 13.1 to run at 1280 x 800 on this old Sony laptop? I hope that someone will help me.