Re: X fails to start - Intel i810 (845) - etch + testing
On 9/9/07, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
Thanks for the detailed suggestions - too late tonight to experiment,
so will do so Monday and report back.
> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 10:19:10PM -0500, Gordon Pedersen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > New etch installation on box with builtin video Intel 845.
> >
> > This is a fresh etch install, i386, 2004 hardware. See DETAILED
> > NOTES below for hardware notes, xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log.
> >
> > Does anyone have X working on one of these builtin Intel 845 chipsets?
>
> yep. In fact I think I have a 845G Brookdale running in sid right now
> and it worked fine in etch, but my monitor wasn't supported, hence the
> upgrade to sid.
>
> >
> > I have tried the following changes to xorg.conf:
> >
> > - no DRI
> > - no DRI and no glx
> > - no "Modes" lines
> > - use "vesa" instead of "i810"
>
> i810 is being replaced by intel, so fix up your xorg.conf to reflect
> intel instead, but that's not your problem here.
>
> >
> >
> > Finally, I installed testing versions of xserver-xorg and
> > xserver-xorg-video-i810. Still can't get X to start, although now I
> > get that special "click" sound when it tries to start.
>
> the log you included doesn't look like the log of a failed X
> session. What exactly happens, other than the magical "click" when the
> monitor changes modes? Do you end up back at a VT? do you get a
> garbled or black screen? details!
>
> one note from the logs, it is selecting an initial resolution of
> 1920x1200. Does your monitor really support that? it looks like a
> hitachi from 1996, and I'd be surprised. I'm guessing that you're
> getting a bad mode setting that's not compatible with your monitor.
>
> try ctrl-alt-keypad'-' or keypad'+' and see if you can toggle your way
> into a different mode.
>
> >
> > Any ideas? What can I try?
>
> the new intel drivers do a fairly decent job of guessing all the
> details about your setup.
>
> I would clean up the xorg.conf by getting rid of all the SubSection
> "Display" lines and the VideoRam lines. This would prevent xorg from
> trying to second guess what the drivers are telling it. Also, have you
> done a good dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg?
>
> A
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Gordon Pedersen gordon@visi.com
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