Fedora 11 & Acer Aspire 5738Z Display problem

[4268]

Greetings Folks,

I finally got Fedora 11 loaded on my Acer laptop, but I had to do it using the basic video option. Now I can only get 800x600 resolution. Does anyone know of a driver that will work with this machine?

[Sagitter]

Hi 4268,

your hardware?

By terminal:

$ lspci -k

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Here's the hardware:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 09)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0205
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0207
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e006
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k

[Jutoms]

Originally Posted by 4268

Greetings Folks,

I finally got Fedora 11 loaded on my Acer laptop, but I had to do it using the basic video option. Now I can only get 800x600 resolution. Does anyone know of a driver that will work with this machine?

My laptop is Acer Aspire 5582 NWXMi, when I try Fedora with GNOME, I also get the same trouble, but now I use KDE, it looks so good

[Sagitter]

Show:

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

please.

[4268]

Thanks Sagitter, I will post the results when I get back to my machine - I'm away right now.

[4268]

Hi Sagitter,

Here's the result:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection


I guess I should mention that when I let Fedora identify the video itself during the installation it did ID the video, but I don't know if it did it correctly, because as soon as it tried to go into a higher resolution that's when I lost the display and could not recover.

Prior to getting Fedora 11, I had OpenSuse installed, but it would only work in safe mode. Once I booted into safe mode I could change resolution, but it failed at the display's native resolution, which if I remember correctly it's 1366 x 768. When I tried 1024 x768 it worked.

Thanks!

[4268]

Well I haven't received a reply, so does anyone know how to increase the resolution of my laptop display?

Reagrds, 4268

[Sagitter]

Originally Posted by 4268

Well I haven't received a reply, so does anyone know how to increase the resolution of my laptop display?

Reagrds, 4268

Excuse me, 4268.

Try so:

reboot system on testual mode init 3, login root and:

# mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vecchio
# X -configure
# mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# reboot

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Thanks Sagitter!

I'm not quite sure how to do this: reboot system on testual mode init 3. I looked in my grub.conf file and didn't see anything with init, so I just booted normally.

I ran the first command as root: # mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vecchio
and it ran O.K., but I got the following error when I tried the next command:
# X -configure

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

I'm really not sure what to do next and appreciate your help!

Thanks! 4268

[Sagitter]

I looked in my grub.conf file...

Why ?

reboot system on testual mode init 3

Start from here, login as root and type:

 # mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vecchio
# X -configure
# mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# reboot

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Sorry, but I don't know how to "reboot system on testual mode init 3." That's why I looked in my grub.conf file to see if there was something like that in there.

How do I reboot the system on testual mode init 3?

Thanks!

Regards, 4268

[Sagitter]

On boot, select kernel, press "e", select second line, press "e", to end of line type 3 so

...
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 ro root=UUID=f0a25911-900a-416a-9415-812389f837d1 quiet 3
...

enter and press "b".
Login as root and type:

# mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
# X -configure
# mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# reboot

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Many Thanks Sagitter!

Thanks to your help my screen resolution is now correct; 1366x768.

Best Regard & Caio! 4268