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.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
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.TH intel __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
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.SH NAME
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intel \- Intel integrated graphics chipsets
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
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.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q
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.B " Driver \*qintel\*q"
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\ \ ...
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.B EndSection
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B intel
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is an __xservername__ driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets.
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The driver supports depths 8, 15, 16 and 24. All visual types are
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supported in depth 8. For the i810/i815 other depths support the
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TrueColor and DirectColor visuals. For the i830M and later, only the
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TrueColor visual is supported for depths greater than 8. The driver
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supports hardware accelerated 3D via the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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(DRI), but only in depth 16 for the i810/i815 and depths 16 and 24 for
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the 830M and later.
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.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
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.B intel
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supports the i810, i810-DC100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM,
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865G, 915G, 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 945GME,
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G33, Q33, and Q35 chipsets.
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.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
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Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
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details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this
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driver.
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.PP
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The Intel 8xx and 9xx families of integrated graphics chipsets have a unified
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memory architecture and uses system memory for video ram. For the i810 and
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i815 family of chipset, operating system support for allocating system
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memory for video use is required in order to use this driver. For the 830M
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and later, this is required in order for the driver to use more video ram
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than has been pre-allocated at boot time by the BIOS. This is usually
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achieved with an "agpgart" or "agp" kernel driver. Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,
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NetBSD, and Solaris have such kernel drivers available.
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.PP
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By default, the i810 will use 8 megabytes
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of system memory for graphics. For the 830M and later, the driver will
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automatically size its memory allocation according to the features it will
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support. The
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.B VideoRam
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option, which in the past had been necessary to allow more than some small
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amount of memory to be allocated, is now ignored.
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.PP
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The following driver
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.B Options
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are supported
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qNoAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qSWCursor\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Disable or enable software cursor. Default: software cursor is disable
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and a hardware cursor is used for configurations where the hardware cursor
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is available.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qColorKey\*q \*q" integer \*q
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This sets the default pixel value for the YUV video overlay key.
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Default: undefined.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qCacheLines\*q \*q" integer \*q
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This allows the user to change the amount of graphics memory used for
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2D acceleration and video when XAA acceleration is enabled. Decreasing this
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amount leaves more for 3D textures. Increasing it can improve 2D performance
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at the expense of 3D performance.
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Default: depends on the resolution, depth, and available video memory. The
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driver attempts to allocate space for at 3 screenfuls of pixmaps plus an
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HD-sized XV video. The default used for a specific configuration can be found
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by examining the __xservername__ log file.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qFramebufferCompression\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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This option controls whether the framebuffer compression feature is enabled.
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If possible, the front buffer will be allocated in a tiled format and compressed
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periodically to save memory bandwidth and power.
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This option is only available on mobile chipsets.
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Default: enabled on supported configurations.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qTiling\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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This option controls whether memory buffers are allocated in tiled mode. In
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many cases (especially for complex rendering), tiling can improve performance.
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Default: enabled.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qDRI\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Disable or enable DRI support.
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Default: DRI is enabled for configurations where it is supported.
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.PP
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The following driver
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.B Options
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are supported for the i810 and i815 chipsets:
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qDDC\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Disable or enable DDC support.
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Default: enabled.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qDac6Bit\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable or disable 6-bits per RGB for 8-bit modes.
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Default: 8-bits per RGB for 8-bit modes.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qXvMCSurfaces\*q \*q" integer \*q
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This option enables XvMC. The integer parameter specifies the number of
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surfaces to use. Valid values are 6 and 7.
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Default: XvMC is disabled.
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.PP
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The following driver
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.B Options
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are supported for the 830M and later chipsets:
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qVideoKey\*q \*q" integer \*q
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This is the same as the
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.B \*qColorKey\*q
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option described above. It is provided for compatibility with most
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other drivers.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qXVideo\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Disable or enable XVideo support.
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Default: XVideo is enabled for configurations where it is supported.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qLegacy3D\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable support for the legacy i915_dri.so 3D driver.
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This will, among other things, make the 2D driver tell libGL to
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load the 3D driver i915_dri.so instead of the newer i915tex_dri.so.
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This option is only used for chipsets in the range i830-i945.
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Default for i830-i945 series: Enabled.
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Default for i810: The option is not used.
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Default for i965: The option is always true.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qAperTexSize\*q \*q" integer \*q
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Give the size in kiB of the AGP aperture area that is reserved for the
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DRM memory manager present in i915 drm from version 1.7.0 and upwards,
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and that is used with the 3D driver in Mesa from version 6.5.2 and
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upwards. If the size is set too high to make room for pre-allocated
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VideoRam, the driver will try to reduce it automatically. If you use only
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older Mesa or DRM versions, you may set this value to zero, and
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activate the legacy texture pool (see
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.B "Option \*qLegacy3D\*q"
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). If you run 3D programs with large texture memory requirements, you might
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gain some performance by increasing this value.
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Default: 32768.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qPageFlip\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable support for page flipping. This should improve 3D performance at the
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potential cost of worse performance with mixed 2D/3D. Also note that this gives
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no benefit without corresponding support in the Mesa 3D driver and may not give
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the full benefit without triple buffering (see
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.B "Option \*qTripleBuffer\*q"
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).
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Default for i810: The option is not used.
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Default for i830 and above: Disabled (This option is currently unstable).
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qTripleBuffer\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable support for triple buffering. This should improve 3D performance at the
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potential cost of worse performance with mixed 2D/3D. Also note that this gives
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no benefit without corresponding support in the Mesa 3D driver and may not give
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any benefit without page flipping either (see
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.B "Option \*qPageFlip\*q"
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).
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Default for i810: The option is not used.
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Default for i830 and above: Disabled.
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qAccelMethod\*q \*q" string \*q
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Choose acceleration architecture, either "XAA" or "EXA". XAA is the old
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XFree86 based acceleration architecture. EXA is a newer and simpler
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acceleration architecture designed to better accelerate the X Render extension.
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Default: "EXA".
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.TP
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.BI "Option \*qModeDebug\*q \*q" boolean \*q
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Enable printing of additional debugging information about modesetting to
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the server log.
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.PP
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The 830M and newer driver supports the following outputs through RandR 1.2:
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.PP
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.TP
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.BI "VGA"
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Analog VGA output
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.TP
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.BI "LVDS"
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Laptop panel. Properties:
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BACKLIGHT - set backlight level
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BACKLIGHT_CONTROL - set backlight level control method (i.e. use kernel interfaces, native LVDS power register, legacy register, or combination)
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.TP
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.BI "TV"
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Integrated TV output
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.TP
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.BI "TMDS-1"
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First DVI SDVO output
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.TP
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.BI "TMDS-2"
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Second DVI SDVO output
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.PP
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SDVO and DVO TV outputs are not supported by the driver at this time.
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.PP
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See __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for information on associating Monitor
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sections with these outputs for configuration.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__)
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.SH AUTHORS
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Authors include: Keith Whitwell, and also Jonathan Bian, Matthew J Sottek,
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Jeff Hartmann, Mark Vojkovich, Alan Hourihane, H. J. Lu. 830M and 845G
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support reworked for XFree86 4.3 by David Dawes and Keith Whitwell. 852GM,
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855GM, and 865G support added by David Dawes and Keith Whitwell. 915G,
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915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965Q and 946GZ support added by Alan Hourihane and
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Keith Whitwell. Lid status support added by Alan Hourihane. Textured video
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support for 915G and later chips, RandR 1.2 and hardware modesetting added
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by Eric Anholt and Keith Packard. EXA and Render acceleration added by Wang
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Zhenyu. TV out support added by Zou Nan Hai and Keith Packard. 965GM, G33,
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Q33, and Q35 support added by Wang Zhenyu.
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