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jmags

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 48

Intel 915 card and xorg.conf

So after using the defaults created by hwd for a long time I decided to edit my xorg.conf by hand. In particular, I thought it would probably be good to have my graphics card (an Intel 915GM/GMS/910GML) addressed.

So in my xorg.conf I have this:

Section "Device"
Indentifier "Card0"
Driver "xf86-video-i810"
VendorName "Intel"
BoardName "915GM"

When I try to start x, I get the following error:

(EE) Failed to load module "xf86-video-i810" (Module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available

And when I try to modprobe xf86-video-i810 (which, btw, pacman says is up to date), I get:

FATAL: Module xf86_video_i810 not found

Any ideas? Any idea why the modprobe error message gives the name of the module with underscores instead of dashes?

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Intel 915 card and xorg.conf

for the driver line, you dont need the full name, only 'i810'. the kernel module to modprobe, is 'i915'

James

jmags

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Registered: 2006-03-07

Posts: 48

Re: Intel 915 card and xorg.conf

Thanks, that seems to have cleared things up. I was wondering what this other warning I managed to get was.

(WW)I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: Intel 915 card and xorg.conf

I always get this warning. If you try to put a [code]
Option BusID "00:02:1"
[code]
in xorg.conf, then it complains about 00:02:0, and viceversa. Anyway, sice you have just one video output/card, these warnings are harmless.

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lanrat

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From: Poland

Registered: 2003-10-28

Posts: 1,274

Re: Intel 915 card and xorg.conf

I think this warning can be coming from tvout but you can ignore it.