>>> I am currently trying to get a device with an Intel GMA 500 graphics
>>> chip to run with Debian Wheezy. However, I don't seem to be able to
>>> get anything other than a standard VGA console out of the hardware.
>> With a stock Debian kernel and an empty xorg.conf file, it should just
>> work (it does for my Fit-PC2). Without acceleration, tho.
> Thanks. Is that with the modesetting xorg driver?
It's using the fbdev Xorg driver.
Stefan