Ubuntu Edgy On Intel 945GM Graphics & Wide Screen LCD NoteBooks
Ass. Wr. Wb.
Edgy eft has been released for quite some time and thanks for the guys from the gathering i got my self a edubuntu 6.10 
at first i was realy hyped and with great expectation I installed it right away on my Orange, but the this buggy release realy starts to annoy me with freezing Xwindows and crashing applets on Gnome, at the point where i was going to return to the good old Dapper i remember a phrase that my best friend used to say : “No body likes a quiter!”. So I decided to stick with Edgy and try to solve problems one at a time! Coz this is what open source is all about.. solving problem’s and sharing it with others And to the first problem that i solve is the freezin X and with this problem gone my life with edgy became stable, fast & beautifull (Thanx to beryl )
The other reason why i wrote this how to is because there’s no explaination on the unofficial ubuntu guide on installing a i945GM graphic controller, but there is nothing new in this howto, coz on that guide there’s a good howto on installing a 1915, and this guide is actualy based on that howto
First download the i945GM driver from :
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-support/9726/eng/dri-Intel-3.4.3006-20051209.i386.rpm
This driver was originaly made for SUSE 10 that is why it is in binary RPM form, but that’s okay with a little bit of magic called alien the RPM turns into a Debian Package!
Go to the folder where u put the rpm file then do the alien 
:
#sudo alien dri-Intel-3.4.3006-20051209.i386.rpm
Last thing to do :
#sudo dpkg -i dri-Intel-3.4.3006-20051209.i386.deb
Reboot and Thats it!!! On my Orange this installation works like a charm.. right after the reboot my screen resolution has been auto adjusted to 1280 x 800 and the wide screen now look crystal clear with no smudge like distortion like it used to have without the intel driver and 1024 x 768 resolution.
And with this driver installed installing beryl became posible, but i’ll discuss that later.. Enjoy!
Wassalam
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Do you have a copy of your Xorg.conf file? I’m in a similar situation with my 945GM..
Kind Regards.
yes i have, if you need it i can email it to you.
but can i know what is your problem with x? maybe i can help
Pls guide us through the beryl installation…
Thx
alien: command not found
what I need to do? I’m a newbie
I found a solution
sudo aptitude install alien
if someone else needs it
tnx
After instaling the driver I still can’t get resolution higher then 1024×768. What else should I do?
try these steps :
$sudo apt-get install 915resolution
check your resolutions with :
$915resolution -l
then input the resolutin you need, this is just an example:
$915resolution 5c 1920 1200
you can make this configuration permanent with adding the command at this file:
$sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
please add before the “exit 0″ line
sadly the rpm file that used to be available at the official intel download page has been removed.
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ok so i am trying to install it but when i try this comes up: (Reading database … 105562 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dri-intel 3.4.3006-20051210 (using dri-Intel-3.4.3006-20051209.i386.deb) …
Unpacking replacement dri-intel …
Setting up dri-intel (3.4.3006-20051210) …
ERROR: AGPGART module did not compile
./install.sh: line 1583: ./testgart: No such file or directory
ERROR: AGPGART module did not compile
ERROR: Kernel modules did not compile
cp: cannot stat `drm/i915.ko’: No such file or directory
Failed to install file /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i915.ko
cp: cannot stat `agpgart-2.0/intel-agp.ko’: No such file or directory
Failed to install file /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko
The installation of one or more files failed
You will need to reboot for the changes to take effect,
as we were unable to unload the current kernel modules.
Installation log information has been copied to /tmp/dri.log
what do i do??
Thank you so much for this blog post! Brilliant! Saved my life!
Regards from South Africa!
are you have information about driver Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family, for fedora 5. please maybe have sent to my email.
thank
Saya juga punya masalah sama laptop Acer yang pakai wide screen dengan intel 945 express.
Ubuntu hanya mengijinkan resolusi 1024×678, padahal saya menginginkan 1280×800.
Kalau boleh, mohon kasi tau link yang lainnya untuk konfigurasinya.
Makasih sebelumnya.
Hello
Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!
G’night
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What about 64 bit Ubuntu??
Exactly! What with 64bit Ubuntu. I installed it on my company laptop and now try to get it work with Intel Graphic Card.