On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 19:32 +0100, Jörg Becker wrote: > Hello, > > I installed successfully an AMD64 etch on my new Dell Optiplex 745. Everything > I tested yet works fine (SATA, LVM, onboard network, sound), except the video > output. The installer has not recognized the internal graphic (intel 965Q). > Since I have a 16:10 display (DELL 2407WFP 1920X1200) and 915resolution > doesn't support the 965chips, I have to use the i810-modesetting driver. But > without success. On http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/ChangesForX11R72 I read > that the Intel i965 chipset support comes in the 7.2 release, which is not > part of etch. Do I have any chance to get etch working with my hardware > configuration? > > On a second box of same type I installed opensuse 10.2 RC (this was before > etch had the 2.6.18 kernel needed on this box ). Here my graphics work after > manually configuring the xorg with the i810beta driver (this is the > modestting one on opensuse). > But since I come from sarge and don't like the opensuse I would be very happy > if I could run etch on my box. You could possibly get something to work by using the vesa driver, but that's no fun in the long run. You could either wait for backports of X11R72 for Etch, or build the drivers yourself from a CVS snapshot. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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