He had installed Windows7, Mint9 and Slackware14.0, the latter used as a server (SMS-2.0.7-version). -I remember his first comments about the Slackware install in 2013 that he could not make the graphics working due to no drivers. At first 2014 he got the graphics working.
Now when I booted up the fitpc2 for the first time I noticed that the best resolution I was able to set was 800x600@86 Hz, same in Mint. In Slackware he used the vesa driver, in Mint the emgd. Also noticed he had blacklisted the gma500 driver in Slackware. Since he was a very skilled Slackware user I assume he made the blacklist for some specific reason. (later I can add: I tried the gma500_gfx myself: It made me not even being able running Slackware in run level 3!)
I can push the video reolution to 1280x1024 through editing xorg.conf, but with the loss of Refresh rate, that is Refresh rate is locked at 0 Hz.
I know this by now is a somewhat "old" question, but is there any way to get a better 2D resolution in Slackware14.0 for this fitpc2?
Some information about my hardware
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# hwinfo --gfxcard
09: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: _Znp.DlGhUSFiV2D
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: "Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x8108 "System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x8119
Revision: 0x07
Memory Range: 0xb0080000-0xb00fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0x1810-0x1817 (rw)
Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xb0000000-0xb003ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 7 (no events)
I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00008108sv00008086sd00008119bc03sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: gma500_gfx is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe gma500_gfx"
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# hwinfo --monitor
23: None 00.0: 10000 Monitor
[Created at monitor.95]
Unique ID: rdCR.dOpLEWE6aiC
Hardware Class: monitor
Model: "PHILIPS 109P4"
Vendor: PHL "PHILIPS"
Device: eisa 0x0008 "PHILIPS 109P4"
Serial ID: "BZ 170234"
Resolution: 720x400@70Hz
Resolution: 640x480@60Hz
Resolution: 640x480@72Hz
Resolution: 640x480@75Hz
Resolution: 800x600@60Hz
Resolution: 800x600@72Hz
Resolution: 800x600@75Hz
Resolution: 832x624@75Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@70Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@75Hz
Resolution: 1920x1440@60Hz
Resolution: 1792x1344@75Hz
Resolution: 1600x1200@85Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@85Hz
Size: 355x265 mm
Detailed Timings #0:
Resolution: 1600x1200
Horizontal: 1600 1664 1856 2160 (+64 +256 +560) -hsync
Vertical: 1200 1201 1204 1250 (+1 +4 +50) -vsync
Frequencies: 229.50 MHz, 106.25 kHz, 85.00 Hz
Driver Info #0:
Max. Resolution: 1920x1440
Vert. Sync Range: 50-160 Hz
Hor. Sync Range: 30-111 kHz
Bandwidth: 229 MHz
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
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