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It Didn't Work Fup:Re:Issues with latest stable lenny xserver (Intel)



Hello dear Debian-X members,

please do include me in CC since I'm not subscribed to this list.

A good friend of mine is running Debian Lenny.
Kernel is v. 2.6.26-2-686
and xserver-xorg-intel is v. 2:2.3.2-2+lenny8,
this may be important since he's having a 82G33/G31 Express chip onboard
video;

the result is: the system boots up okay, but X doesnt start;
so he did tried to add: 
	Driver "VESA" or
	Driver "intel" or
	Driver "i810" or
	Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" or
	Option "AccelMethod" "X11"
in the "device" section of xorg.conf.
	But  Nothing  Works  At  All :
if he can start Gnome then ctrl+alt+f* totally doesn't work, no effects, no
changes, no errors.
If he reset the orig. xorg.conf then Gnome no longer starts at all.

Any help is urgently welcome; thanx in advance!

More useful info:

# xorg* packages @ my friend's system:
ii  xorg                                 1:7.3+20                       X.Org X Window System
ii  xserver-xorg                         1:7.3+20                       the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core                    2:1.4.2-10.lenny2              Xorg X server - core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-all               1:7.3+20                       the X.Org X server -- input driver metapacka
ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev             1:2.0.8-1                      X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd               1:1.3.1-1                      X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse             1:1.3.0-1                      X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics         0.14.7~git20070706-3           Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86 
ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom             0.7.9.3-2                      X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-all               1:7.3+20                       the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
ii  xserver-xorg-video-apm               1:1.2.0-1                      X.Org X server -- APM display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ark               1:0.7.0-1                      X.Org X server -- ark display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati               1:6.9.0-1+lenny4               X.Org X server -- ATI display driver wrapper
ii  xserver-xorg-video-chips             1:1.2.0-1                      X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus            1:1.2.1-1.lenny1               X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-cyrix             1:1.1.0-8                      X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-dummy             1:0.3.0-1                      X.Org X server -- dummy display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev             1:0.4.0-1                      X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-glint             1:1.2.1-1                      X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-i128              1:1.3.0-1                      X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-i740              1:1.2.0-1                      X.Org X server -- i740 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-imstt             1:1.1.0-7                      X.Org X server -- IMSTT display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-intel             2:2.3.2-2+lenny8               X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
ii  xserver-xorg-video-mach64            6.8.0-1                        X.Org X server -- ATI Mach64 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-mga               1:1.4.9.dfsg-1                 X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic          1:1.2.1-1                      X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nsc               1:2.8.3-4                      X.Org X server -- NSC Geode GX1 display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nv                1:2.1.10-1                     X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome        1:0.2.902+svn579-4             X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-r128              6.8.0-1                        X.Org X server -- ATI r128 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-radeon            1:6.9.0-1+lenny4               X.Org X server -- ATI Radeon display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd          1.2.1-2                        X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx display
ii  xserver-xorg-video-rendition         1:4.2.0.dfsg.1-2               X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3                1:0.6.0-1                      X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge           1:1.10.1-1                     X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-savage            1:2.2.1-2.lenny1               X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion     1:1.6.0-1                      X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sis               1:0.10.0-1                     X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb            1:0.9.0-1                      X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx              1:1.4.0-1                      X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tga               1:1.1.0-9                      X.Org X server -- TGA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-trident           1:1.3.0-1                      X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-tseng             1:1.2.0-1                      X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l               0.2.0-1                        X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vesa              1:1.3.0-4                      X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vga               1:4.1.0-8                      X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-vmware            1:10.16.2-1                    X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
ii  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo            1:1.2.0-1                      X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver

# lspci -nn output:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 10)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29c2] (rev 10)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b8] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c0] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1026] (rev b0)

# xorg.conf (orig):
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"be"
	Option		"XkbVariant"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbOptions"	"vga"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
# Here was the place where we did tried to add Driver "*" or Option "*" "*"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

# Greetings,

Y)ellow P)enguin 


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