[Gllug] Dell X Setup

[Matthew Joseph Smith]

Steve Nelson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Just a shot in the dark, really, but I've been given a workstation
> with a 19" Dell 1905FP TFT using an Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics
> Device.  I've tried everything I can think of, but cannot get a sane
> display - I either get 800x600, which is ludicrous, or I manage to get
> a greater resolution, but with 8bit colour.
> 
> Knoppix fails to produce any magic, and dpkg-reconfigure and X
> -configure seems to produce the same results.
> 
> Has anyone had any joy with this combination and can suggest a config
> that will give a sensible display?  On Windows I get it running at
> 1280 x 1024 in 32bit colour.

I have a monitor like this myself and also recently acquired an old 
computer with an onboard Intel graphics chipset.  I ended up going to PC 
World and buying the cheapest graphics card I could afford (a Sapphire 
with Radeon 7000 chipset; it cost £30).  Obsolescent, but it still 
works.  Linux just wouldn't work decently with my Intel chipset; at 
1024x768 24-bit there were vertical flickering lines down the screen 
about every two inches.

Intel supply a driver, but it is based on a *very* ancient X release. 
You can find it here:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-010512.htm

You might be reluctant to do this if the graphics card cost as much as 
if not more than the computer, but it was the only way I could get my 
computer to display X decently.

Hope this helps,

Matt Smith

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