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acetylcholine

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From: NY, USA

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 46

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i810 dont work

I have intel extreeme graphics 2 on my lap top
and it is on the i915 chipset and uses i810 driver.

When i put i810 as the driver in xorg.cong i get a black screen (worked on ubuntu and on older arch versions)

lshwd
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp.|852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Chipset Graphics Controller (i810)

I am guessing that the problem lies in
a) xorg
b) kernel (:P)

Any experience? (since i already figured out my wireless problem I can recompile kernel for both)
Is it to do with xorg? (i do not use 7 from testing, i use xorg 11R6.8.2-6)

kriga

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Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 27

Re: i810 dont work

I have a i810, too. And I'm using this xorg.conf:

Section "Module"

    Load        "dbe"

    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   
    EndSubSection

    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load        "glx"
    Load        "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# files
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

    RgbPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard     
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Keyboard1"
    Driver    "kbd"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"    "de_CH"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# mouse         
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier    "Mouse0"
    Driver    "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# monitor         
# **********************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
   
    Identifier "monitor"
    VendorName "Generic"
    ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz"
    HorizSync 31.5 - 79.0
    VertRefresh 50 - 100

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# gfx card     
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "intel810"
    Driver      "i810"
    VideoRam    16384
    Option      "XaaNoPixmapCache"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# resolutions   
# **********************************************************************

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "intel810"
    Monitor     "monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth 16

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Virtual 1152 864
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Virtual 1152 864
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Virtual  1280 1024
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Virtual  1280 1024
    EndSubsection

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# combine all the previous
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# set the dri permissions right
# **********************************************************************

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Of course you should adjust your keyboard, mouse and resolution settings. Maybe you can just cut&paste the "gfx" part. If you want to use  GLX/DRI for better OpenGL performance you should rebuild your kernel with DRI support for your graphic card (i810).

HTH