[gentoo-user] Re: xorg 1.9

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 01/20/2011 06:57 AM, dan blum wrote:
> Nikos,
>
> Thanks for the help. My system is looking for the i915 module. Would you
> know where the module needs to be?

Not sure what you mean with "system."  Do you mean X.Org tells you it 
can't find the kernel module for i915 graphics?  Enable it in the kernel 
menuconfig:

   Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Direct Rendering Manager

There's an entry: "Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver)". 
  Make sure it's not build as a module and mark it with a "<*>".  Enter 
that submenu and select "i915 driver".  Also select the "Enable 
modesetting on intel by default" option.


> --- On *Tue, 1/18/11, Nikos Chantziaras /<realnc@×××××.de>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
>     Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg 1.9
>     To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
>     Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 10:58 PM
>
>     On 01/19/2011 06:46 AM, dan blum wrote:
>      > I upgraded my xorg from 1.76 to 1.9 yesterday, including
>     downloading the
>      > most recent drivers. When the new system did not work, I checked the
>      > xorg log (attached) and I thought that the problem was the mode
>     setting.
>      > So in the kernel, I "enabled the modesetting by default" and now the
>      > card does not send any signals to the screen at all.
>      >
>      > I can go back to the old kernel settings. But does anyone know
>     what was
>      > the initial problem, and what needs to be done to correct this.
>      >
>      > Thanks for any advice.
>
>     You seem to be using kernel 2.6.32. That *might* be the problem. Try
>     2.6.36.
>
>     Other than that, the usual stuff applies: Delete your xorg.conf (so
>     that X.Org can automatically configure everything) and make sure you
>     don't have VESAFB enabled in the kernel.
>
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