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saciel

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-30

Posts: 153

[solved] Driver problems for "Intel GMA 950" graphic card?

Ok, I got the notebook now. Neither i810 nor intel driver are working, I've tested them both and am currently using "vesa" as a replacement. 915resolution for the widescreen works fine but that's not the origin of the problem (as I had tested it with 1024x768 before).

Running X on i810 driver returns:

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(EE) module ABI minor version (2) is newer than the server's version (1)
(EE) failed to load module "i810" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.
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And on intel driver from testing repository:

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dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so: undefined symbol: x86SaveScreen
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "intel" (loaeder failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.
...

/usr/lib.../intel_drv.so does exist, and yes: there are really two slashes"//" before intel_drv.so in the error messages.

Old post:
I'm thinking of buying a new notebook and the model of choice has "Intel i950" built-in. I was looking for a driver in the repositories but couldn't find one. Does anyone now if there is a special driver for the card, if it just works with xf-video-i810 or xf-video-intel respectively? Or will I get some problems running it?

Last edited by saciel (2007-06-07 12:36:52)

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chaosgeisterchen

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From: Kefermarkt, Upper Austria

Registered: 2006-11-20

Posts: 550

Re: [solved] Driver problems for "Intel GMA 950" graphic card?

You probably mean a Intel GMA950-powered notebooks? Those use the i915 chipset and should run perfectly well with the i810 driver (including AIGLX all this stuff).

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lloeki

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 456

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Re: [solved] Driver problems for "Intel GMA 950" graphic card?

GMA950 is on a 945 chipset (not 915), which 'happens' to works with the 'i915' drivers and tools, the driver having been renamed to xf-video-intel since it now encompasses more than i915.

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saciel

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-30

Posts: 153

Re: [solved] Driver problems for "Intel GMA 950" graphic card?

Yup, it seem's there has been a mistake in the advertisment which I had read. Having a look at the vendors homepage, they say it's indeed a 945 chipset. But as long as it'll be working with any of the xf-video drivers it's fine for me. Thanks.

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saciel

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-30

Posts: 153

Re: [solved] Driver problems for "Intel GMA 950" graphic card?

Ok, I have to admit a silly mistake...

After trying "intel" I didn't remove "testing" from /etc/pacman.conf, so I probably got an i810 newer than my xorg stuff which resulted in the version mismatch.

With "intel", however, it's still not working, but maybe just because it's still in testing an GMA 950 is still relatively new. So I call this one solved!

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