Please keep the intel-gfx list in Cc.

What about the live-cd or some such with a more recent driver stack? Or
just try a recent kernel. v2.6.32 is 5+ years old.

BR,
Jani.


On Thu, 21 May 2015, "Carlson, Benjamin P." <[email protected]> wrote:
>    I only get the standard (old) VGA resolution options of 1024x768, 800x600, 
> 640x480, which would be fine (I don't need real high resolution) if it 
> were'nt for the fact that I have a newer, wide monitor so that the aspect 
> ratio is not correct (everything looks to wide). Linux does not seem to 
> identify the video card properly and is just loading the default driver.
> Windows does not have this problem and I have a plethora of resolution 
> options.
>   Also, in Linux, it does one other very strange thing that I have never seen 
> before (and I got my first computer, a TRS-80 Model III in 1981):
> If you select 640x480, set this resolution, then go back into display, it now 
> lists other resolutions (the ones that I want).
> Now comes the strange part:
> If I then select one of these higher resolutions (above 1024x768), it states 
> that this resolution is not compatible with my system, but it goes ahead and 
> enable it (it works temporarily).
> At this point, if you reboot the system, Linux goes back to the default VGA 
> resolutions and will not list the higher ones until, as before, you select 
> 640x480!
> So, I still believe the root problem is the driver.
> Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Ben Carlson
> ________________________________________
> From: Jani Nikula [[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:40 AM
> To: Carlson, Benjamin P.; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] Intel graphics drivers for Linux
>
> On Wed, 20 May 2015, "Carlson, Benjamin P." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have GIGABYTE motherboard with an integrated Intel display interface
>> (Intel G33/31 Express Chipset, chiptype: Intel GMA 3100) and have
>> never been able to get it to work properly with Linux (my system is
>> dual boot and MS Windows has always identified it and loaded drivers
>> just fine).
>
> What does "properly" mean for you? Do you get some (broken) graphics, or
> nothing at all? What display do you have? Please be more specific.
>
>> I am running CentOS 6.6, kernal 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6.x86_64 I have
>> downloaded the file: xf86-video-intel-2.14.0.tar from your web site
>> but I do not know if this is the file I need or how to install it. I
>> am not updating my Linux as I use it for PhD research in CS at OU and
>> it works fine as is (other than the graphics problems, of course). Can
>> you help? Thanks
>
> Please try some fresh distro installer or live media on USB/CD; no need
> to actually install anything, just see if graphics work there.
>
> BR,
> Jani.
>
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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