Bug#474105: video-intel: X autoconfiguration fails to detect i815 graphics

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Debian Live user wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.1.0-2
> Severity: normal
> File: video-intel
>
>
> The X autoconfiguration scripts fail to detect this device as intel.
> Since this usually works there must be some problem with the driver.
> To make things worse the vesa driver fails with this device showing some
> garbage on the screen.
>
> Changing the driver name iin xorg.conf from vesa to intel makes the device work.
>   

Does autoconfiguration work better with latest X packages from testing
or unstable?

Brice