Hi. katif software <katifsoft@gmail.com> (20/02/2011): > 1. What are the disavantages of using a generic driver instead of > this one? You may lack features like acceleration etc. But you gain stability. > 2. Is this problem related to using Debian, or is it for any Linux > distro I will use? That's an upstream issue. > 3. Maybe the installer program should be aware of the i8xx compatibility > problem, and not install this driver on the first place? We made several attempts at fixing it. Introducing chipset detection late in the release cycle could have lead to more issues. > > How can I know for sure that I have i8xx card? From the output of the bug script (included in your report), lspci returned: | 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) > > If I do have an i8xx card - I understood from the FAQ you linked > > that I should change my video driver to vesa or fbdev. Which is > > prefered? How can I make this change? I think the FAQ tells you exactly how to do it? IIRC, vesa only does 4/3 resolutions. fbdev uses the framebuffer. I'd say fbdev (spares you a reboot to disable KMS), and vesa if it doesn't work well. KiBi.
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