On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:27:06 +0100, Ole Tange <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just upgraded a Debian system. >> >> After the upgrade X refuses to use the intel driver but insists on using >> VESA. > > $ echo options i915 modeset=1 > /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf > > This should have been taken care of during a debian upgrade.
This was actually taken care of by the upgrade. What was missing was adding i915 to /etc/modules; when I added that, everything worked as expected. This is the second time I have be bitten by a missing loaded module (First time: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12767.html). It would be terrible helpful if the error message for Xorg mentioned that you might need to load a module, as Xorg clearly detected my intel card and thus should be able to guess that I probably wanted to use the intel driver. If Xorg.0.log had contained a message like: "Detected Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller. Using VESA because kernel module i915 is not loaded." I would probably have solved this by myself. /Ole _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
