Bug#271599: defaults to wrong video card driver

[Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>]

tag 271599 - moreinfo
thanks

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 05:23:38PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> 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?

Yes, it was.  I believe that the detected value is ignored because of

     auto_answer db_input "$(priority_ceil medium)" xserver-xfree86/autodetect_video_card "false"

(the problem originally occurred during an initial install, but I was
able to reproduce it by reinstalling with DEBIAN_PRIORITY set to
high).

-- 
Matt