On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:18 PM, William Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, stupid question time again. :-) > > Does the i810 driver for Xorg require any special kernel support? > > Xorg launches and works (mostly) if I specify the "vesa" driver in > xorg.conf, but fails if I specify "i810": > > (II) I810: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, > i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915), > 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 > (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found > (EE) No devices detected. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > I'm reasonably certain that the Xorg driver is built correctly (I see > all the relevant .so files), and I have verified that i810 is in the > fact the driver that Ubuntu is successfully using on the same > hardware.
Did you actually install the i810 driver? It should be known as intel nowadays and comes from the xf86-video-intel driver package. Nothing kernel related here. Also, what intel chipset do you have? -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
