booting X on Dell Optiplex GX620 with Dell E171FP monitor

From: William F Hammond (hammond_at_devnull.math.albany.edu)
Date: 08/30/03

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    With hardware as described in the subject I cannot bring up X in
    any resolution other than 640x480 @60MHz. One oddity is that
    while the X console is that way, the 6 tty consoles put the monitor
    in 1024x768 @60, while the monitor advertises preference for
    1280x1024. For video the box has integrated DVMT video that
    a vendor utility labels "i845".

    Linux kernel 2.4.20-4GB, vendor (SuSE) built Wed Aug 6 18:26:21
    XFree packages in rpm database:

    XFree86-server-4.3.0-15
    XFree86-fonts-75dpi-4.3.0-15
    XFree86-fonts-scalable-4.3.0-15
    XFree86-man-4.3.0-15
    XFree86-devel-4.3.0-15
    XFree86-libs-4.3.0-42
    XFree86-GLX-4.3.0-15
    XFree86-4.3.0-15

    Relevant sections of XFree86Config follow: 

    ---
Section "Module"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "speedo"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "glx"
  Load         "v4l"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  340 270
  HorizSync    30-80
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "E171FP"
  Option       "DPMS"
  VendorName   "Dell"
  VertRefresh  56-76
EndSection
Section "Device"
  BoardName    "i845"
  BusID        "0:2:0"
  Driver       "i810"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "Intel"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 16
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
EndSection
---
There are no (EE)'s in /var/log/XFree86.0.log.  There are the
following warnings:
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported.
(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) I810(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe8000000,0x8000000)
(WW) I810(0): PGTBL_ER is 0x00000049
(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 failed.
(WW) I810(0): Failed to set refresh rate to 72Hz.
(WW) I810(0): Correcting plane A stride (640 -> 1024)
(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f61 not supported.
I would appreciate any clues.
                                    -- Bill
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