On 5/20/05, Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've bought new Dell Inspiron 2200 (I had to buy it when it was just $600) > notebook, which has > > Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev > 03) > > graphic card (see attached output of lspci -v). I have tried to make it work > with vanilla Debian/Sarge (using XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 0), but when > it didn't work I have now installed Xorg packages with 6.8.2-10debian1 from > <http://neo.wh-stuttgart.de sarge/xorg> and now I am able to have 1024x768 > with VESA driver (see attached output of xdpyinfo and glxinfo), which is > usable but 61Hz still is not that pleasant as I would love to have and the > display is visibly blinking. Is it possible to make this notebook work with > native i810 drivers? > > I tried attached xorg.conf, but when I tried to start it, although it seems > that there is something going on when I run '/etc/init.d/kdm restart' (like > switching display to another mode or something), but the result is that I > get completely black display. I mean, it is really black, not blank, with > slightly lighter share of gray than when the display is switched off. > > I do not see any clue in the attached Xorg.0.log -- apparently I do not have > DRI (why, I have compiled in the kernel all required modules and it seems > that they are correctly loaded; see also attached), but it shouldn't be > fatal, should it? > > Does anybody see what I am doing wrong? Did anybody make Dell Inspiron 2200 > work with Xorg? > > Thanks a lot for any advice,
you need to use xorg from cvs. As I recall support for the mobile 915s wasn't added until after 6.8.2 was released. You can grab binary snapshots here: http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download#head-55420c59a1c2e9a70f07a6fa02f0d228ffb87b76 Alex > > Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej > GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 > > They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of > human knowledge. > -- Thomas Brackett Reed > > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > > >
