Fedora 9 and Intel 915

[Dors]

Hi guys i was searching about 915resolution because i need to change my resolution to 1280x800, but i cant and cant find a 915resolution release for fedora 9.
Did anybody find a solution?

[huangja]

I dont think 915resolution exists for fedora 9 anymore, because i think it's used with the i810 driver. But now the i810 driver doesn't really work(at least for me), so i have to use the intel driver. I run a 1280x800 resolution as well, but the settings on my computer are a little strange.

If I go to System > Administration > Display, it says my screen resolution is is 1024x768. But if I go to System > Preferences > Hardware > Screen Resolution, it is labeled as 1280x800. My computer has 1280x800 resolution working, so I haven't been really asking questions about it, even though I don't understand how exactly it's working.

Are you using the intel driver or the i810 driver? I think 915resolution only works for the i810, and I think it's highly recommended to use the intel one.

[Dors]

heh same here, im still using the i810 one...
i found a 915 for fedora 9
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/b...?buildID=24332
but cant enable it under services...so its not working

[Hlingler]

Originally Posted by huangja

I dont think 915resolution exists for fedora 9 anymore, because i think it's used with the i810 driver. But now the i810 driver doesn't really work(at least for me), so i have to use the intel driver. I run a 1280x800 resolution as well, but the settings on my computer are a little strange.

If I go to System > Administration > Display, it says my screen resolution is is 1024x768. But if I go to System > Preferences > Hardware > Screen Resolution, it is labeled as 1280x800. My computer has 1280x800 resolution working, so I haven't been really asking questions about it, even though I don't understand how exactly it's working.

Are you using the intel driver or the i810 driver? I think 915resolution only works for the i810, and I think it's highly recommended to use the intel one.

There is only one intel driver package for F9: xorg-x11-drv-i810. If you look at the files, you will see that /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/i810_drv.so is just a sym-link to ../intel_drv.so. So, there is only one 2D intel driver for F9. You can specify either one in xorg.conf - theoretically, it should not matter if it says "i810" or "intel", they're both the same file.

This 2D driver will probe and load one of the (3) available 3D drivers and kernel modules, if your chipset is supported, appropriate to that chipset.

As far as resolution: you can also try the xrandr utility to change resolution and refresh rates on the fly. See: man xrandr.

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[Dors]

Thanks Hlinger, could you tell how can i enable 3d drivers?
There must be something im missing because i cant use compiz, i even followed one tutorial (from here) but still...
When i used the livecd it worked dunno why now

[Hlingler]

Originally Posted by Dors

Thanks Hlinger, could you tell how can i enable 3d drivers?
There must be something im missing because i cant use compiz, i even followed one tutorial (from here) but still...
When i used the livecd it worked dunno why now

You should not have to do much, really - it should "just work" automatically. If not, please attach copies of xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

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