>>>> CPU: intel core2duo with 4 Gb of RAM >>>> MB: asus p5ql-em >>>> VGA: intel g43 (integrated on the MB) >>>> Monitor: asus vw198s >>>> >>>> I installed ubuntu 8.10 (amd64). >>>> >>>> The first problem is that the correct resolution of the monitor >>>> (1680x1050) is not recognized out of the box: after installation, it ran >>>> at a lower resolution (1360x768) and I was not able to change it. >>>> This surprised me. >>>> I couldn't find on the net a valid modeline for my monitor, so >>>> I followed the instructions on >>>> >>>> http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes#head-82230a582646cbf28ac41dec2139732ee868e0d2 >>>> to obtain a valid modeline using powerstrip. >>>> I got the following >>>> >>>> Modeline "1680x1050" 147.600 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 >>>> -hsync +vsync >>>> >>>> Is this ok? It looks like, since I put it into /etc/X11/xorg.conf >>>> and, this way, the resolution is correct.
So, there is no way to get somewhere a good modeline for this monitor, or get it automatically recognized by xorg? Is it such a rare monitor? It seems strange to me to have problem with an asus monitor attached to an asus M/B (asus is one of the more "open" brand) and, moreover, with an Intel VGA: I have choosen Intel just because their drivers are open, so I thought to be safe with respects to the problems with I had with some Ati/Nvidia VGA.... :-((( >>>> But now it comes another problem: sometime (not everytime) when I logout >>>> to change user instead of the usual gdm greeting I get that the monitor >>>> has no signal and goes automatically in poweroff: the only thing that I >>>> can do is an hard reboot of the pc. >>>> I can't understand the origin of this problem. >>> >>> There have been bugs with VT switching on intel recently. These are >>> being fixed, so it may be best here to file a bug with Ubuntu and wait >>> for the fixes to flow down. >> >> I made more googling in the afternoon and it seems that the issue is more >> with the framebuffer that with the intel driver. >> I had a try removing the fb, that is with options >> quiet nosplash video=vesa:off vga=normal >> for grub: apparently, the problem disappeared. At least, it didn't reproduce >> for at least 10 login/logout. >> (This is why I changed the subject) >> >> Of course I can live without the framebuffer and the splash screen, but >> I would prefer if there is a way to recover it ... :-) Well, the truth is that the problem appeared again... :-((( But I don't know how to do to COMPLETELY remove the framebuffer: even with quiet nosplash video=vesa:off vga=normal the framebuffer is still inside the initrd.img: how do I remove it from there? Moreover it seems from the log that the module fbcon is loaded from X: how do I prevent this? All in all: I would like to start a system with NO KIND of framebuffer: just the console and X started by gdm. How do I achieve this? Thanks Fabio _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg