Some more info: (lspci -vvnn as root)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation
82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev
01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5641]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Region 1: Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
** Tags added: meerkat
** Tags removed: kj-expired
** Tags removed: hardy resolution
** Description changed:
- My monitor supports resolutions upto 1152x864 but ubuntu 8.04 provides a
- max. of 1024x768
+ My monitor supports resolutions upto 1152x864 but ubuntu 10.10 Maveric
+ Merkat provides a resolution of 800x600
- my monitor is a Samsung Samtron 56V model and graphics card is intel
- i840 (for the 845GVSR)... strangely displayconfig-gtk lists that driver
- yet doesn't detect it to be
+ <old info>
+ On a 8.04 I had resolution of upto 1024x768... the problem was not there on a
Mint 5 Elyssa. However the display would crash when switched to 640x480 on the
Mint 5 Elyssa (which is build on Ubuntu 8.04)
+ </old info>
- Why is this? openSUSE 11.0 or Knoppix 5.8 had not problems with
- resolution.
+ My monitor is a Samsung Samtron 56V model and graphics card is intel
+ 845GVSR...
+
+ <old info>
+ Why is this? openSUSE 11.0 or Knoppix 5.8 had not problems with resolution.
+ </old info>
+
+ Looks like an upstream bug, since all major distributions are having
+ problems with my graphics card.
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Title:
[i845] display problem
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