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Intel 4500HD resolution issue

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Hi

just got a laptop - Acer 6930 that came with an Intel 4500HD video adapter

Tried to install Gloria x64, was a no go, got a black screen,everything was frozen, even in live mode
Got more luck with the x32 version
Installed it, everything went fine, everything is working but there is this little thing that annoys me
When it boots 2 out of 3 times the screen is shrunk to a weird 4:3 resolution that i can't change.I have two thick black bars on each side
After i reboot it comes back to a normal 16:9 resolution.

Does anyone know what do i have to edit or install to get my video resolution right.
Thank You!
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Re: Intel 4500HD resolution issue

Post by Husse »

I have seen reports of problems with 4500
You give too little information for us to solve it
Is this with mint4win?
Post lspci (l is a lower case L)
Also post lspci -vvnn the section for the 4500 only It's a long list and that's the only interesting part (now)
You might try

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gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
In
Section "Device"
add
Driver "intel"
Reboot
I don't really think it helps and please do this after you have run the two lspci
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Re: Intel 4500HD resolution issue

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here we go


this is the lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
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)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1e Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
and this this the lspci -vvnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:015e]
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
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:015e]
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 2298
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Region 4: I/O ports at 1800
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:015e]
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
Region 0: Memory at f0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>



00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93) (prog-if 01)
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
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=0
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
........


On the other hand i've done some digging on the Inet and it seems that Intel has a long history of buggy drivers especially with the latest chipsets
Again this is really spotty and it is just annoying, it is working fine otherwise, i have Compiz working and i didn't notice any major issues (artifacts, windows opening just half ..etc)
Now instead of powercycling it if i fiddle with the Fn key and with external VGA output button, basically just cycle through the modes, it gives me the right resolution eventually. So i know know it's more of a bug than anything else and not specifically a Mint bug.
And no it is not installed through the win installer.It's a fresh install on its own separate partition
Husse

Re: Intel 4500HD resolution issue

Post by Husse »

On top of everything the X version in Jaunty/Gloria has some severe problems with some Intel based computers which I forgot to mention as your problem is different from what's experienced because of that flaw
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