HP ProBook 4510s, VL6 issues. was: Intel GMA 4500

[Joe1962]

Just got a new HP ProBook 4510s at work, it comes with an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500, which VL6 does not seem to support. Vesa mode works on VL6 Standard, but at 1024 x 768, though even vesa mode wouldn't work on the VL6 Classic KDE3 Beta2.

I tried Slackware 12.2, Scientific Linux 5.3, OpenSuse 11 and Fedora 12 and they all set up X correctly and worked, even though some have older kernels and xorg than VL6. Slackware (the only one I really checked in detail) seems to use i915 drivers (which I can't find on VL) and even dri acceleration works.The Slackware xorg.conf does not help in VL6, neither does no xorg.conf at all.

Any solution for this?

[hata_ph]

Pls provide your lsmod and lspci...

[uelsk8s]

everything I have read says to use the "intel" driver

[Joe1962]

Just realized there is no audio either, so I changed the thread title. It seems to be the typical intel hda audio thingamajig. Also, VL6 tries the intel driver, but it just errors out. Just checked the Slackware xorg.conf and it uses i810, which I also tried in VL6. I'm starting to think it's more of a kernel issue, so I will try the 2.6.28.4 packages from the repo.

lsmod:

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Module                  Size  Used by
vboxnetadp             83816  0
vboxnetflt             90376  0
vboxdrv               125992  1 vboxnetflt
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            31872  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6912  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48368  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7436  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            37408  0
snd_mixer_oss          15104  1 snd_pcm_oss
speedstep_lib           4740  0
acpi_cpufreq            7948  1
freq_table              4352  1 acpi_cpufreq
fuse                   53788  5
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi    13312  1
arc4                    2688  2
ecb                     3584  2
crypto_blkcipher       16516  1 ecb
snd_hda_codec_analog    59136  1
cryptomgr               3712  0
snd_hda_intel          25544  1
snd_hda_codec          60928  3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
iwlagn                168836  0
uvcvideo               54408  0
iwlcore               128452  1 iwlagn
compat_ioctl32          2048  1 uvcvideo
snd_hwdep               7812  1 snd_hda_codec
video                  17040  0
videodev               33792  1 uvcvideo
snd_pcm                67972  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
output                  3456  1 video
rfkill                  8984  2 iwlcore
rtc_cmos               10144  0
snd_timer              19976  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
led_class               4484  1 iwlcore
wmi                     6568  0
rtc_core               15132  1 rtc_cmos
snd                    51492  15 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rtc_lib                 3328  1 rtc_core
v4l1_compat            14852  2 uvcvideo,videodev
joydev                 10048  0
evdev                  10144  0
serio_raw               6020  0
soundcore               7008  1 snd
mac80211              155548  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
sky2                   42756  0
snd_page_alloc          8840  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
cfg80211               23688  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211

lspci:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Cantiga Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4237
85:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 436c (rev 10)


[Joe1962]

Fixed the audio after a bit of googling. You need to insert the middle line below in /etc/modprobe.d/sound:

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root:# cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=mobile
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

PS: I'm moving this to the portable subforum...

[uelsk8s]

I think in sw-12.1/VL6 that i810 is just a symlink to the intel driver

[Joe1962]

Tried the 2.6.28.4 kernel and it does have the i915 module, but X still won't work! What gives? Should I try the xorg-new packages?

[uelsk8s]

if it were me I would install all the xorg pkgs from SW-13 

[Joe1962]

if it were me I would install all the xorg pkgs from SW-13 

Sounds like a plan...

So... I gather nobody else has this problem, or nobody else has this graphics decelerator?



EDIT: Those are .txz packages... I think I'll go with the Slackware 12.2 stuff, since I have the DVD already.

[Joe1962]

That worked...
Both the original VL6 Standard kernel and the upgrade work, so: "Houston, we have an xorg problem..." 

I can finally change the backlight brightness now with:

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echo Y > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightnessWith Y being a number from 0 to 10. Now if I can only get that to work somehow with the FN + Function keys...

[rbistolfi]

Now if I can only get that to work somehow with the FN + Function keys...

I think the first step would be to tail /var/log/acpid and check if the fn + Function keys are triggering an acpi event. If they do you can catch that event in /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh

[Joe1962]

The Fn + F7 or F8 key combos are not handled by acpi, nor can they be set as KDE4 hotkeys (I have switched to VL6 SOHO now). So for now, I just set up Ctrl + Shift + F7/F8 in KDE4. I used to handle FN laptop key combos with xbindkeys and a script on a previuos laptop, but I haven' t had a chance to work on this just yet.

One more thing, the wireless is Intel 5100, so I had to download the firmware from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/

[Joe1962]

This is just to add that VL6 SOHO Beta2 got it right with the xorg on the GMA4500...