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 -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
