retitle 271599 xserver-xfree86: [debconf] defaults to wrong display driver tag 271599 + moreinfo thanks On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 04:29:25PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 > Severity: wishlist > > The "Select the desired X server driver" question defaults to > vesa, but when X starts (via gdm), it displays a blank, black > screen. > > When I reconfigure X to use the i810 driver, it displays the gdm > login dialog. > > The card appears to be detected by discover: > > $ discover --version > discover version 1.6.6 > $ discover --disable=serial,parallel --format="%V %M\t%S\t%D\n" video > Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] XFree86 i810 Was discover installed when xserver-xfree86 was first configured? If not, that's why the default was "vesa". If you can't remember, please purge the xserver-xfree86 package, and then reinstall it with the following environment variable set: DEBUG_XFREE86_DEBCONF=yes Be sure to export this variable. Then send this bug the output. -- G. Branden Robinson | Measure with micrometer, Debian GNU/Linux | mark with chalk, branden@debian.org | cut with axe, http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | hope like hell.
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