1:45 p.m.
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Thanks!
- ajax
1:57 p.m.
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 14:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
For anyone not aware: LVDS is the internal display panel on a laptop. So
if your system's a laptop, it has one; if it isn't, it doesn't.
DVI and VGA are the two main types of external monitor connectors. 'VGA'
is the traditional, old-skool, analog connector also known as D-SUB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector .
DVI is the newer type which is usually used for digital connections (but
can also carry analog). Looks like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface . Adam cares about
what ports are present on the machine, not what monitors you have or
don't have connected.
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12:35 p.m.
Hi
I'd love to do send this information if I knew how.
Please give a short instruction and I will provide a couple of setups.
hälsningar / regards
Tom Mannerhagen
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Subject: Re: Intel graphics users: send me your VBIOS
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:57:18 -0700
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 14:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
For anyone not aware: LVDS is the internal display panel on a laptop. So
if your system's a laptop, it has one; if it isn't, it doesn't.
DVI and VGA are the two main types of external monitor connectors. 'VGA'
is the traditional, old-skool, analog connector also known as D-SUB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector .
DVI is the newer type which is usually used for digital connections (but
can also carry analog). Looks like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface . Adam cares about
what ports are present on the machine, not what monitors you have or
don't have connected.
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12:42 p.m.
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Tom Mannerhagen <
tom.mannerhagen(a)glocalnet.net> wrote:
Hi
I'd love to do send this information if I knew how.
Please give a short instruction and I will provide a couple of setups.
The instructions are in the original email from ajax.
Peter
2:48 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:45:10 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
Here you go:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/184632/rom-nx7300
This is HP Compaq nx7300 laptop with Intel 945GM video chip.
Full smolt profile:
http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_dee65402-4f82-469f-8ab6-14aba49a3a28
# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
331mm x 207mm
1280x800 60.0*+
TV1 unknown connection (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3
640x480 59.9
if you need some extra info just tell me.
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3:02 p.m.
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 19:48 +0000, Valent Turkovic wrote:
if you need some extra info just tell me.
you didn't explain what connectors the card *actually* has (what
connectors xrandr *thinks* it has is different).
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2:49 p.m.
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 14:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Just as a clarification: the problem I'm trying to solve here is the
appearance of an LVDS output (from X's perspective) when there is not
one actually present. So, ROMs from machines that have had a phantom
LVDS connector at some point in the past are especially valuable. IIRC
the Mac Mini and Dell Studio compact machines have had this problem
before.
There's one particular field in the connector table for LVDS that seems
to be indicative of LVDS presence. So far, for machines where LVDS
really is present, it's consistently non-zero (and these are very
common, since everybody buys laptops these days). I'd like to find more
machines where LVDS is _not_ present to see if it's consistently zero
there; so far that seems to be the case, but I've only got two
samples...
- ajax
3:19 p.m.
On 09/18/2009 01:45 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
I have a HP dv5t notebook with the Intel X4500 integrated graphics card.
Attached is the ROM snippet.
Smolt profile:
http://www.smolts.org/client/show/?uuid=pub_8fb07163-e170-430d-9096-65f3c...
xrandr output:
[root@jmert-linux ~]# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS1 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
331mm x 207mm
1680x1050 60.0*+
DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
My integrated display works fine at the given resolution, I have a VGA
port I don't use, and DVI1 is actually an HDMI interface. HDMI video
output works, but I haven't managed to get sounds through the interface,
yet.
Justin
4:23 p.m.
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 14:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
People keep sending these to me. :)
You should be sending them to Adam JACKSON, ajax@ . Not Adam WILLIAMSON,
awilliam@ . I can't do anything with them. Thanks!
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4:45 p.m.
Adam Williamson wrote:
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 14:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
> I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
> think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
> need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
> method.
>
> So, do this:
>
> % sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
>
> and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
> machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
> _actually_ present on the machine.
People keep sending these to me. :)
You should be sending them to Adam JACKSON, ajax@ . Not Adam WILLIAMSON,
awilliam@ . I can't do anything with them. Thanks!
Count me among the stupid. Sorry! I'll resend it to ajax. Sorry!
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5:37 p.m.
2009/9/18 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com>:
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Dell Inspiron 910 (aka Mini9)
intel 945GME chipset
LVDS 1024x600
VGA present but not used by me
DVI/DPORT/HDMI not present
7:28 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:45:10 -0400 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> wrote:
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
The "rom" file is available at:
http://eh3.com/pub/rom
and the machine is a Dell D820 laptop (please see attached) with a
15-pin VGA external connector. It does not have a DVI connector.
Hope that helps!
Ed
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5:27 p.m.
On 18/09/09 19:45, Adam Jackson wrote:
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Thanks!
- ajax
acer one aspire a150, lvds and vga, intel 945GME smolt profile>>
http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_7739cc3d-c22a-4bf9-a2dd-33c7d37a5b09
rom attached
phil
6:34 p.m.
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Jim <mickeyboa(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 09/19/2009 06:27 PM, psmith wrote:
>
> dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
Ihave a Asus Eeepc1000 with a Intel Mobile 945GM graphics.
I ran the dd command, where does it put the copied file ?
/tmp/rom
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6:51 p.m.
On 09/20/2009 06:06 PM, David Timms wrote:
On 09/20/2009 09:37 AM, Jim wrote:
> On 09/19/2009 06:27 PM, psmith wrote:
> My computer is a Asus EeePC 1000 and it has a Intel Mobile 945GM
> chipset.
Can you also state whether your machine has LVDS, VGA, DVI outputs, as
requested ?
vga output
1:14 p.m.
On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 19:51 -0400, Jim wrote:
On 09/20/2009 06:06 PM, David Timms wrote:
> On 09/20/2009 09:37 AM, Jim wrote:
>> On 09/19/2009 06:27 PM, psmith wrote:
>> My computer is a Asus EeePC 1000 and it has a Intel Mobile 945GM
>> chipset.
> Can you also state whether your machine has LVDS, VGA, DVI outputs, as
> requested ?
>
vga output
given that it's an EeePC, it almost certainly also has an LVDS (i.e.
it's a laptop with a screen).
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1:12 p.m.
Hi
So I found the instruction I asked for before. :) sorry!
Anyway, please find the attached ROM file and a LSPCI -vv output.
Notebook data:
Toshiba Portégé R500
The unit only has an VGA out physically on the PC, but has a systembus
docker with a DVI connector.
The docker itself holds no intelligent stuff so it works only as a
port-extender.
Means the PC probably has DVI built in but not mounted in the standard
chassis.
hälsningar / regards
Tom Mannerhagen
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Subject: Intel graphics users: send me your VBIOS
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:45:10 -0400
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Thanks!
- ajax
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2:28 p.m.
Top posting because it's not going to the list!
machine: HP Compaq nx7400
smolt profile: 33f9d583-ae68-43aa-b904-18ef10061f7d
graphic outputs: VGA and LVDS
rom file: attached
HTH,
Ranbir
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 14:45 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Thanks!
- ajax
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4:30 p.m.
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 15:28 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
Top posting because it's not going to the list!
So close.
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11:03 p.m.
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 14:30 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 15:28 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Top posting because it's not going to the list!
So close.
Ha! :)
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On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 15:28 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
Top posting because it's not going to the list!
Well, that didn't work out too well. Damn.
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2:42 p.m.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> wrote:
If you have a machine with an Intel graphics chip, I need your help.
I'm trying to make LVDS connection detection actually reliable, and I
think I have a solution that involves parsing BIOS data tables. But I
need more testcases to raise my confidence that it's actually a reliable
method.
So, do this:
% sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/tmp/rom bs=64k skip=12 count=1
and email me that rom file, along with a brief description of the
machine, and in particular what graphics outputs (DVI, VGA, LVDS...) are
_actually_ present on the machine.
Thanks!
- ajax
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Here we go...
HP Compaq 6710s laptop
Intel GMA X3100 mobile
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile
GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Compaq 6710b [103c:30c0]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at e4300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 4000 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
xrandr mentions LVDS, VGA and TV, but there is no physical TV out on
this laptop, just LVDS and VGA.
Hope it helps.
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P.S.
I will also dump GMA X4500 BIOS from ASUS G43 mATX board that we have
at University.
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