Bug#601889: xserver-xorg-video-intel: X crash on start with intel 82830M GFC

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 21:41:48 -0300, Ramon Caraball wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.13.0-5
> Severity: High
> 
> The upgrade to Squeeze was a nightmare! 
>  No way to get my intel 82830M graphics card working properly 
> I must set the module i915_kms to modeset=0 to rum X with the unaccelerated
>  driver vesa.
> Please anybody knows how get working the i830M card in squeeze?
> I'm exhausted and I've tried every recipe with no results.

Try a 2.6.38 or 2.6.37 kernel.  Or use the vesa driver.

Cheers,
Julien