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fakel

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Registered: 2012-06-23

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[Solved] Xorg/video problem (Lenovo Ideapad S110)

Hi there! I'm getting an issue with my Lenovo Ideapad S110.

After full system install I installed xorg and xf86-video-intel (video card is Intel GMA 3600). I run startx and it exits with error "No devices detected".

Then I installed xf86-video-vesa and run startx - it works but in 800x600 (not in 1024x600). And after exit openbox the picture of console is corrupted, on next console (Ctrl+Alt+F2) the same.

How can I get it work with intel driver and change resolution?

(sorry for bad English)

Last edited by fakel (2012-06-24 00:51:32)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [Solved] Xorg/video problem (Lenovo Ideapad S110)

It looks like xf86-video-intel will not work for this card.  A quick googling turns up numerous angry rants agains intel because there are no open source drivers for this (And a few related) video chips.

There do seem to be solutions outthere - but most of these were on ubuntu pages.  Reading ubuntu'ers solutions always gives me a headache: I don't want to click anything, I want to know what is actually going on.

here is one example.  This will not likely solve the problem, but it may get you searching on the right track.

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MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: [Solved] Xorg/video problem (Lenovo Ideapad S110)

See this Wiki article:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_gma3600

You probably only get basic support.

fakel

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Registered: 2012-06-23

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] Xorg/video problem (Lenovo Ideapad S110)

Thank you all. After installing the xf86-video-fbdev, resolution problem solved.

Desper13

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Registered: 2012-06-27

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] Xorg/video problem (Lenovo Ideapad S110)

xf86-video-fbdev package requires a glibc library as a dependency; but it is included into the libc6 package I'm having installed (I'm running ubuntu 11.04).
Please, help me with this issue - how can I install xf86-video-fbdev?

Last edited by Desper13 (2012-07-02 20:23:54)