[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-25 Thread Bryce Harrington
Yeah I think BJB's right, this looks like a bug in KMS. ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen + [i845] Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread Dave Gilbert
Ken, thanks for the logs - can you just clarify what machine model this is and what monitors it has? xrandr and X think that it has a 640x480 internal LCD and an external higher res monitor - what's the reality? Dave -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread BJB
To me there is a problem around KMS with i915. As far as I understand, the value 0 disable the KMS and force the usage of the video driver mode detection instead of the kernel base handling. So, I would say this is rather a KMS (aka Kernel 3.0 ?) issue. Anybody please correct me if my understandin

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread Ken Sharp
Thanks for that, BJB, that works! Not sure if the bug lies in the graphics drivers then? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874694 Title: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread BJB
I had similar issue on Ubuntu 11.10 on old Amilo L6820, adding i915.modeset=0 as linux kernel param at the grub did the trick. Please note that I did not have investigated any sideeffect of this parameter (performance drop, etc), but at least I can run ubuntu 11.10. Without this parameter, this i

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread Ken Sharp
** Attachment added: "xrandr" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/874694/+attachment/2554437/+files/xrandr.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8746

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread Ken Sharp
** Attachment added: "kern.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/874694/+attachment/2554425/+files/kern.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8746

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-17 Thread Ken Sharp
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/874694/+attachment/2554397/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-16 Thread bugbot
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[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-15 Thread Dave Gilbert
Odd; it doesn't! OK, can you add: 1) /var/log/Xorg.0.log 2) /var/log/kern.log 3) The output of xrandr Dave -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874694 Title: Resolution cannot be se

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-15 Thread Ken Sharp
It doesn't seem to have added a great deal of information. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874694 Title: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen To manage

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-15 Thread Ken Sharp
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: In Lubuntu 11.10 I cannot set the resolution higher than 640x480. The screen clearly doesn't like this and doesn't fit the desktop. See attached photo. -PCI Devices- Host bridge : Intel Corporatio

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-15 Thread Dave Gilbert
Hi Ken, Can you run apport-collect 874694with your machine in this state? It should add a load of logs to the bug report to determine what's happening. Dave -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 874694] Re: Resolution cannot be set higher than 640x480 and doesn't fit screen

2011-10-14 Thread Ken Sharp
** Attachment added: "Photo of screen" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874694/+attachment/2545700/+files/2011-10-15%2000.59.24.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874694 Title: Res