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	== 82845G (i810) on Linux ==		== 82845G (i810) on Linux ==

Franks at 03:09, 28 January 2006

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	A popular free X server for [[UBO]]s.		A popular free X server for [[UBO]]s.


			== Remote Access ==
			[[VNC]]

Franks at 15:48, 3 December 2005

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	[[Manual]]s to read for further information: XF86Config-4(5x) I810(4x)		[[Manual]]s to read for further information: XF86Config-4(5x) I810(4x)

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Franks at 15:43, 3 December 2005

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	(II) LoadModule: "i810"		(II) LoadModule: "i810"

	Here is the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:		Here is the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 where the Driver is defined, as well as VideoRam:
	Section "Device"		Section "Device"
	# You don't really need DRI defined here, as it's on my default with this driver.		# You don't really need DRI defined here, as it's on my default with this driver.

Franks at 15:42, 3 December 2005

2005-12-03T15:42:12Z

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== 82845G (i810) on Linux ==

$ lspci | grep VGA
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)

For this card you want to make sure you're using the i810 driver.

$ grep "LoadModule: \"i810\"" /var/log/XFree86.0.log
(II) LoadModule: "i810"

Here is the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
Section "Device"
# You don't really need DRI defined here, as it's on my default with this driver.
Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel Corp."
BoardName "82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
# Note you can modify the number below, just remember that space will be taken from your RAM:
VideoRam 8196
EndSection

The issue I was having is I couldn't get passed 8 bit mode even though I had the Depth variable set in the Screen section of my config file. It turns out you also need to have the DefaultDepth variable set.
From /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
# Adjust the modes as per your requirements and capabilities
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
# 32 is not a valid depth value below.
# Most hardware that uses 32 bits per pixel only uses 24 of them
# to hold the colour information, which means that the colour
# depth is 24, not 32.
# It could also be noted there is not much gain from 16 to 24 considering the
# extra resources required.
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[[Manual]]s to read for further information: XF86Config-4(5x) I810(4x)