Running lenny/sid (unstable)

[vpattni <vanish.pattni@gmail.com>]

I thought that this might help. I am running unstable. My laptop is a hp/compaq nx7400. Here's the obligatory lspci lines for my intel chipset - i945GM:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

I am running dual screens - not the same output on both.

Today I did update/upgrade. The intel driver broke (well I am running unstable after all, so no surprise). Cntrl-F4 did not have any effect. Whatever was on my laptop screen appeared on the crt as well.

X would not run unless I had different PCI ID's on each device:

...
Section "Device"
       Identifier      "Intel0"
       Driver          "i810"
       ...
       BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
       ...
EndSection

Section "Device"
       Identifier      "Intel1"
       Driver          "i810"
       ...
       BusID           "PCI:0:2:1"
       ...
EndSection
...


After some time I gave up. Went back to the intel driver I was using before this:
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-i810/testing
restart X (/etc/init.d/wdm restart)
And I am back in business.

FYI, I tried the experimental driver (xserver-xorg-video-i810-modesetting) with little luck (more oddities there).

The following is my xorg.conf file:
Section "Files"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
       FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
       # path to defoma fonts
       FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
       Load    "i2c"
       Load    "bitmap"
       Load    "ddc"
       Load    "dri"
       Load    "extmod"
       Load    "freetype"
       Load    "glx"
       Load    "int10"
       Load    "type1"
       Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
       Driver          "kbd"
       Option          "CoreKeyboard"
       Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
       Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
       Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
       Driver          "mouse"
       Option          "CorePointer"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
       Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
       Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
       Driver          "synaptics"
       Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
       Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
       Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "0"
EndSection


Section "Device"
       Identifier      "Intel0"
       Driver          "i810"
       Option          "VBERestore" "yes"
       Option          "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
       BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
       Option          "AGPMode" "4"
       Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
       Identifier      "Intel1"
       Driver          "i810"
       Option          "VBERestore" "no"
       Option          "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
       Option          "DevicePresence"        "yes"
       BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
       Option          "AGPMode" "4"
       Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier      "LCD"
       HorizSync       28-64
       VertRefresh     43-60
       Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier      "External Monitor"
       HorizSync       31-64
       VertRefresh     56-75
       Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier      "LCD"
       Device          "Intel0"
       Monitor         "LCD"
       DefaultDepth    24
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           24
               Modes           "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier      "VGA"
       Device          "Intel1"
       Monitor         "External Monitor"
       DefaultDepth    24
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth           24
               Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
       Identifier      "Default Layout"
       Screen          0 "LCD"
       Screen          1 "VGA" LeftOf "LCD"
       InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
       InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
       InputDevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
       Option          "Xinerama" "false"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
       Mode    0666
EndSection