Hi list: I found the following problem when trying to set-up X on my Gigabyte Netbook, model T1028M. Firstly, about the hardware
lspci shows 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) So I tried the i915 kernel driver with Kernel Modesetting. I booted with kernel option i915.modeset=1 video=1024x600 the resolution is the native resolution on the netbook. I tried to start X using the configuration generated by X -configure, and it errors out with drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9 drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0 (**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor (**) intel(0): Option "Tiling" "False" (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 945GME (--) intel(0): Chipset: "945GME" (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using monitor section VGA (**) intel(0): Option "Ignore" "True" (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using monitor section Monitor0 (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 disconnected (WW) intel(0): No outputs definitely connected, trying again... (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 disconnected (WW) intel(0): Unable to find initial modes (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe (EE) intel(0): No modes. (II) UnloadModule: "intel" (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Digging in a bit more into the boot log gives the following snip from dmesg [ 1.382044] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 1.382225] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 1.382352] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 1.400100] [drm] set up 7M of stolen space [ 1.526143] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) [ 1.541048] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1.541169] WARNING: at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c:1032 drm_helper_initial_config+0x57/0x60() [ 1.541367] Hardware name: M1028 [ 1.541471] No connectors reported connected with modes [ 1.541607] Modules linked in: [ 1.541786] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-gentoo #1 [ 1.541896] Call Trace: [ 1.542000] [<c12880e7>] ? drm_helper_initial_config+0x57/0x60 [ 1.542126] [<c12880e7>] ? drm_helper_initial_config+0x57/0x60 [ 1.542239] [<c1031f8f>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x6f/0xd0 [ 1.542363] [<c12880e7>] ? drm_helper_initial_config+0x57/0x60 [ 1.542501] [<c103203b>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x30 [ 1.542612] [<c12880e7>] ? drm_helper_initial_config+0x57/0x60 [ 1.542757] [<c129d132>] ? i915_driver_load+0x1332/0x1450 [ 1.542877] [<c129bde0>] ? i915_vga_set_decode+0x0/0x20 [ 1.543004] [<c1290bfd>] ? drm_get_dev+0x29d/0x430 [ 1.543137] [<c121c14b>] ? local_pci_probe+0xb/0x10 [ 1.543247] [<c121c941>] ? pci_device_probe+0x61/0x80 [ 1.543368] [<c12d1965>] ? driver_probe_device+0x85/0x190 [ 1.543479] [<c121c206>] ? pci_match_device+0x16/0xb0 [ 1.543589] [<c12d1ae9>] ? __driver_attach+0x79/0x80 [ 1.543698] [<c121c880>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40 [ 1.543807] [<c12d1259>] ? bus_for_each_dev+0x49/0x70 [ 1.543917] [<c121c880>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40 [ 1.544037] [<c12d17f6>] ? driver_attach+0x16/0x20 [ 1.544147] [<c12d1a70>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x80 [ 1.544255] [<c12d0b8f>] ? bus_add_driver+0xaf/0x240 [ 1.544369] [<c121c880>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40 [ 1.544479] [<c12d1d77>] ? driver_register+0x67/0x150 [ 1.544589] [<c14ee092>] ? printk+0x17/0x25 [ 1.544697] [<c128c86d>] ? drm_init+0x2d/0xe0 [ 1.544806] [<c121cb6d>] ? __pci_register_driver+0x3d/0xb0 [ 1.544916] [<c17577d6>] ? i915_init+0x0/0x48 [ 1.545037] [<c100112e>] ? do_one_initcall+0x2e/0x180 [ 1.545146] [<c17382fc>] ? kernel_init+0x13c/0x194 [ 1.545255] [<c17381c0>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x194 [ 1.545369] [<c10038df>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18 [ 1.545488] ---[ end trace 8902177fd73ec406 ]--- [ 1.545607] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 I'm not quite sure I understand what's going on here. Any thoughts? I'm not even sure what information may be useful, so please let me know what I need to give. Thanks, W -- The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1128 days, 17:25
