[ltp] Re: T61 with X3100 Video Card Problems Ubuntu

[Leonardo Monasterio]

Dear David,

Thank you very much. I had no idea about the CTRL-ALT- Backspace.
Unfortunately, it did not help.
Below there is a copy of my current xorg.conf file. Strangely it
recognizes the GM960, but this do not show up in ubuntu's  "screen and
monitor".
"
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics
Controller"
	Driver		"intel"
	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	28-64
	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes		"1280x800"
	EndSubSection
EndSection"

I have tried the "xrandr --query". The result is the following (with
the external monitor unplugged):
"Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right)
LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 331mm x 207mm
   1280x800       60.0*+   60.0     50.0
   1280x768       60.0
   1024x768       60.0
   800x600        60.3
   640x480        59.9
TMDS-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right)".

With the external monitor plugged I get"
"leonardo@leonardo-laptop:~$ xrandr --query
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right)
LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 331mm x 207mm
   1280x800       60.0*+   60.0     50.0
   1280x768       60.0
   1024x768       60.0
   800x600        60.3
   640x480        59.9
TMDS-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right)".

I think that most certainly I am making a very stupid mistake. Any suggestion?
Thank you,

Leo



On Nov 26, 2007 10:15 AM, David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> wrote:
>
> Leonardo wrote:
> > - I tried to install the have xserver-xorg-video-intel  2:2.2.0-1 from
> > Debian unstable but I couldn't pass the public key.
>
> I don't know about Ubuntu (are you using synaptic, or the command
> line?), but if you run
>
> # apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
>
> it should complain about the lack of key, but install it if you
> insist.  Or you could install first (I think) debian-archive-keyring.
> Or you could download the .deb file and install it with dpkg -i.  The
> last option will not take care of dependencies for you.
>
> >However, Screens and Graphics still gives me "vesa generic/ intel -
> >experimental modesetting..." and no option for extended screen. I do
> >have 1200 X 800 resolution. Any suggestion?
>
> Here I can't help much. I don't have a wide screen, and I don't use
> the GUI front end to xrandr.  From the command line (as a normal
> user), try
>
> % xrandr --query
>
> This will give a list of available modes.  In debian, xrandr lives in
> the package x11-xserver-utils. Maybe a stupid question, but did you
> restart the X server after reconfiguring?  This takes more than
> logging out, you need to e.g. use CTRL-ALT-Backspace
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