Bug#474106: video-vesa: does not work on i815

[Michal Suchanek <michal.suchanek@ruk.cuni.cz>]

On Jun 20, 2008, at 6:57 AM, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Debian Live user wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-vesa
> > Version: 1:1.3.0-1
> > Severity: normal
> > File: video-vesa
> >
> >
> > Because the i815 card is misdetected by the X config scripts vesa is
> > used instead of intel driver. However, with vesa the card does not  
> > work,
> > only garbage is displayed on the screen.
>
> Is it better with the latest X packages?

With vesa 1.3.0-4 and xorg-core 1.4.1~git20080517-1 the vesa driver  
displays correctly 320x200 and 640x400. Larger modes do not sync so I  
cannot tell what picture is supposed to be there. The monitor is  
detected properly.

Thanks

MS