Re: Problems with Xorg video

[Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:29:41PM -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I seem to have lost my video after moving from xfree86 to xorg.
> 
> The error reported in my xorg log (after many pages of no errors) - 
> 
> (II) I810: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100,
>         i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915),
>         915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
> (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:0) found
> (EE) No devices detected.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> lspci reports:
[snip] 
> So, the graphics card is there.
> 
> Any suggestions? Could the graphics card be half-dead? It works in text mode 
> when I boot up, but X cannot start. If it works in text mode must it also 
> work in graphics mode? Should I get another graphics card? Any suggestions on 
> a good linux compatible card?
> 
> I am running debian sarge with kernel 2.6.8-2-386

Why not run Etch?

Also, send us your xorg.conf

Doug.