Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-21 Thread Richard Lawrence
Sven Joachim writes: > There is an error message from your other post > >> [drm:i915_handle_error] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x0010, masking > > which I think is not fatal, but you could try a newer kernel > (e.g. 2.6.37 from experimental) and see if runs more stable than the > Squeeze kernel on you

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-21 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-01-21 17:29 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: > So I tried booting with acpi=off, as I have seen a number of sources > that say this helps X-related problems on the Macbook go away. The > result was: no change in mouse; no change in the graphics resolution; > but really slow keyboard interac

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-21 Thread Richard Lawrence
Sven Joachim writes: >>> The Intel driver in Squeeze requires Kernel Modesetting (KMS)¹, if X >>> uses the Vesa driver instead that means KMS is not active, for whatever >>> reason. What are the contents of /proc/fb (if any) and the output of >>> "/sbin/lsmod | grep i915" ? >> >> /proc/fb exists

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-21 Thread Richard Lawrence
Liam O'Toole writes: > I have the same graphics card (down to the revision number) as the OP, > and find that it works in squeeze both with and without KMS. The comsole > appearance and behaviour is different, of course. > >> ¹ http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting > > That page mentions some

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-21 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-01-21 03:37 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> On 2011-01-20 18:39 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: >> >>> Thanks for any advice you can offer. I feel pretty clueless about >>> X-related stuff. >> >> The Intel driver in Squeeze requires Kernel Modesetting (KMS)¹, if

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-20 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi Sven, Thanks for chiming in! Sven Joachim writes: > On 2011-01-20 18:39 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: > >> Thanks for any advice you can offer. I feel pretty clueless about >> X-related stuff. > > The Intel driver in Squeeze requires Kernel Modesetting (KMS)¹, if X > uses the Vesa driver i

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-20 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-01-20, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-20 18:39 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: > >> Thanks for any advice you can offer. I feel pretty clueless about >> X-related stuff. > > The Intel driver in Squeeze requires Kernel Modesetting (KMS)¹, if X > uses the Vesa driver instead that means KMS

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-20 Thread steef
Richard Lawrence schreef: Hi all, I've just installed Squeeze on a Macbook (2,1) and I'm wondering how I can get X to display at the native 1280x800 resolution. I've searched the Web and Debian list archives, but nothing seems to turn up quite the information I need. <>

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-20 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-01-20 18:39 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Thanks for any advice you can offer. I feel pretty clueless about > X-related stuff. The Intel driver in Squeeze requires Kernel Modesetting (KMS)¹, if X uses the Vesa driver instead that means KMS is not active, for whatever reason. What are

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-20 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi Liam and all, >> $ grep -i /var/log/Xorg.0.log (Woops: for posterity's sake, that should be "grep -i intel ...") >> (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:27a2:8086:7270 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, >> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ >> 0x5038/524288, 0x4000/

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-20 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-01-19, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Thanks for your help, Liam! > > Liam O'Toole writes: > >>> The background: this Macbook has an Intel graphics card. lspci says it >>> is a "Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GM Express Integrated Graphics >>> Controller." >> >> Is the package xserver-xorg-vid

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-19 Thread Richard Lawrence
Thanks for your help, Liam! Liam O'Toole writes: >> The background: this Macbook has an Intel graphics card. lspci says it >> is a "Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GM Express Integrated Graphics >> Controller." > > Is the package xserver-xorg-video-intel installed? If it is, it should > configure

Re: X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-19 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-01-19, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just installed Squeeze on a Macbook (2,1) and I'm wondering how I > can get X to display at the native 1280x800 resolution. I've searched > the Web and Debian list archives, but nothing seems to turn up > quite the information I need. > >

X: set resolution in Squeeze on a Macbook

2011-01-19 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi all, I've just installed Squeeze on a Macbook (2,1) and I'm wondering how I can get X to display at the native 1280x800 resolution. I've searched the Web and Debian list archives, but nothing seems to turn up quite the information I need. I am using stumpwm, and not a desktop environment that