try running system-config-display On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:12 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 10/23/10 11:23 AM, Ritika Garg wrote: > > I did installation of CentOS5.5 in text mode and made changes at the > > following places in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf : > > section "device" > > identifier : "vesa" > > driver:"vesa" > > section "screen" > > device:"vesa" > > > > Also in the file /etc/inittab I changed id:3:initdefault to > > id:5:initdefault so that I can boot linux in graphical mode. > > I had to make the changes in xorg.conf because the visibility of the > > graphics was so poor that it was impossible to work. > > The installation was done on Dell Inspiron N5010 with the chipset: > > Intel(R) HM57 Express chipset LPC interface controller 3B0B which is a > > part of Mobile intel 5 series > > The video controller is: Intel (R) HD Graphics > > Although graphics is there but the resolution and refresh rate are > > limited to 1024*768 and 0Hz, so I need to find the video driver. > > I had given "i810" in xorg.conf but that didn't work. Which driver is > > recommended? > > I don't have one of those, but that system has the graphics controller > integrated into the CPU (!) rather than the chipset... Its called > Arrandale, and I believe the correct X.org driver is IGDNG (Intel > Graphics Device Next Generation) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101026/099fab15/attachment-0005.html>