Sony Laptop, Linux Mint and Intel 830MG

VeNT · 16 May 2010 at 21:50

ok my old sony Vaio PCG R600HFPD (with onboard Intel 830MG) will only display at 800x600 but the screens native is 1024x768!
there isn't any option for 1024x768!
any idea what I'm doing wrong?
also the wireless doesn't work but I think thats really broke as I can get that working with another card.

Code:

-PCI Devices-
Host bridge		: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge 
VGA compatible controller		: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] 
Display controller		: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
USB Controller		: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 
USB Controller		: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 
USB Controller		: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge 
ISA bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge 
IDE interface		: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller 
SMBus		: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller 
Multimedia audio controller		: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller 
FireWire (IEEE 1394)		: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller 
CardBus bridge		: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 
Ethernet controller		: Intel Corporation 82801CAM 
CardBus bridge		: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller 
Network controller		: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller

VeNT · 17 May 2010 at 11:35

no-one?
can't even find xorg.conf to edit! would have thought it would be in etc/x11/xorg.conf but no joy!

JHeaton · 17 May 2010 at 12:58

VeNT said:
no-one?
can't even find xorg.conf to edit! would have thought it would be in etc/x11/xorg.conf but no joy!

Try 'sudo X -configure' to generate one. You might find yourself needing to install the Intel graphics driver, though. I'm not sure what the package name is, but you can probably find it in Synaptic.

VeNT · 17 May 2010 at 16:19

ahhhh

Code:

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
	If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
	and start again.


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 

 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

damnit!

someone sugested doing that in command line only would work, brb

JHeaton · 17 May 2010 at 18:32

VeNT said:
ahhhh

Code:

Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

damnit!

someone sugested doing that in command line only would work, brb

Sorry, yes, I should have specified that. >.<

If that fails, the next thing to do (if you haven't already) is look for the relevant driver.

VeNT · 19 May 2010 at 11:16

seems to have the right driver already running!

tntcoder · 19 May 2010 at 11:42

VeNT said:
seems to have the right driver already running!

Try generating a config from runlevel 3, where X is not running.

as root (or sudo): telinit 3

that will drop you down to a command prompt with no X windows.

Login as root (or sudo) and do as JHeaton said: X -configure

This 'should' generate a config file in ~/root, you will need to move it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and possibly edit it further if your desired res isnt auto added by the config generator. Reboot to return to X.

Basically as said, when there is no config file X provides basic defaults hence the 800x600. Hopefully dropping to runlevel 3 will bypass the errors you've been getting.

Jack

VeNT · 19 May 2010 at 21:25

will do.
tried another way and bricked it so godda reinstall!

JHeaton · 19 May 2010 at 21:35

VeNT said:
will do.
tried another way and bricked it so godda reinstall!

Huh? Bricked in what way?

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 20:47

in a way that tried to force it to 1024x768 when booting but I think I messed up
sudo telinit 3 does nothing
I'll upload a pic of the issue in a second

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 20:59

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tntcoder · 20 May 2010 at 21:07

Try:

sudo service gdm stop to drop down to a console with no X or loaded video drivers. Then X -configure should work.

Apparently mint runs everything in runlevel 2, I have no idea why.

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 21:13

cool. will give that a go once it's finished updates.

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 21:30

ok that dumped a conf in my home drive gonna edit it.

tntcoder · 20 May 2010 at 21:34

VeNT said:
ok that dumped a conf in my home drive gonna edit it.

Least you have one now, hopefully it will be trivial to get to the correct res now.

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 21:43

tntcoder said:
Least you have one now, hopefully it will be trivial to get to the correct res now.

my fear is that even if I have the correct res in the options it will not display. I get the feeling it's messing up because of the dual head setup (laptop has VGA out) so maybe it's picking that up :S
have to see, rebooting atm.

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 21:49

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
	FontPath     "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"         	# <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"       	# <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "intel"
	VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
	BoardName   "82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"         	# <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"       	# <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "intel"
	VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
	BoardName   "82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

doesn't show up as an option in the menu! AHHHHHHHHHHH

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 22:27

if you look at the image it's a bit odd as it's REPEATED below as if it's tiled?

tntcoder · 20 May 2010 at 22:49

Hmm might be worth having a read of this site: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html It discusses 2 methods one with xorg.conf and one with xrandr.

If you can, xrandr is probably the best road to go down.

Sorry I cant be much more help, I know dual screen manual Xorg'ing is a nightmare! Thankfully the Nvidia autoconfig for dual screens does a good job. Looks like you will have to manually work it out though

Also, monitor /var/log/Xorg.0.log there may be some helpful pointers in there.

VeNT · 20 May 2010 at 22:55

xrandr says

Code:

andrew@andrew-laptop ~ $ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 800 x 600, maximum 2048 x 2048
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS1 connected 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   800x600        85.1     72.2     75.0*    60.3     56.2  
   640x480        85.0     72.8     75.0     59.9  
   720x400        85.0  
   640x400        85.1  
   640x350        85.1

any idea where it gets this from as this is the options I get in the menu.

found this thread and followed it
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=945465&page=1

Code:

andrew@andrew-laptop ~ $ sudo xrandr --addmode LVDS1 laptopX Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  149 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  18 (RRAddOutputMode)
  Serial number of failed request:  23
  Current serial number in output stream:  24

and get that

further delving says that error 18 is about the hardware/driver not supporting the res you want?