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Pearson

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Registered: 2010-02-08

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Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

If there's a better place for this question, I will gladly repost.  As always, I'll thankfully accept an "RTFM" - as long as I know which "The Fine Manuals" to Read!

I have a Dell Optiplex GX (250 - I think) with this graphics chipset.  I installed Arch for the first time over the weekend, and things pretty much work great.  But, i think I'm using the xvesa driver (I'm not the machine to post my Xorg.0.log and I don't use an xorg.conf file - I tried that and X locked out my keboard and mouse).  Performance is still reasnoable, but Xine (my preferred media player) tends to bring up the video about halfway down the window, chopping off the bottom half.  A quick Google search indicated that it is likely my vieo driver and the xv module.

I saw on the forumes that xf86-video-intel-legacy is no longer available, and the AUR package xf86-vieo-latest is out of date.  What options do I have left?  There was talk in that thread of downgrading Xorg.  I generally like to stay up-to-date - is downgrading my only real option?  Is there a process by which I can install drivers directly from Xorg, without moving too far outside of Arch's purview, and how do I find out if good drivers exist?

Again, let me know if need to provide any more information and/or re-post somehwere more appropriate.

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

Have you actually tried using xf86-video-intel? It should support your IGP.

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According to wikipedia, 82865G can also come with a discrete GPU. Run "lspci | grep VGA" to ascertain what GPU you really have.

Last edited by lucke (2010-02-08 19:39:52)

Pearson

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Registered: 2010-02-08

Posts: 4

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

I installed xf86-video-intel, but since I don't have an xorg.conf file, I don't know if it's being used - when I get home, I'll look at my Xorg.0.log file and see.  I'll also post my 'lspci | grep VGA' output.

Some googling turned up this Xorg page on the intel driver: http://www.x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriv … %28865G%29
According to that page,

It will work best with an i915 module from a recent kernel (2.6.31) and with kernel-modesetting (KMS, specified by loading i915 with the option "modeset=1").

I have not enabled KMS (searching the forums has shown me how to do that) - might that be my problem?

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

i would read the wiki instead and create a new xorg.conf from scratch.

Pearson

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Registered: 2010-02-08

Posts: 4

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

i would read the wiki instead and create a new xorg.conf from scratch.

I read the wiki once, but I can try it again.  For some reason, when I try to run with a generated xorg.conf, I can't do anything with my keyboard and mouse - even the numlock LED dims.  I noticed in the xorg.conf tha there was no resolution listed.

Looks like it'll be another day or two before I can get back to this.

Pearson

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Registered: 2010-02-08

Posts: 4

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

Quickly,

It looks like I am using the intel driver.

My Xorg.0.log file is here.

'lspci | grep VGA'

[pfpearson@mimossa ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

ih23

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Registered: 2010-02-11

Posts: 19

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

You should install the intel driver using pacman -S xf86-video-intel, then run Xorg -configure. It should create a file in your root/home directory called xorg.conf.new, copy that file as xorg.conf to /etc/X11/ (and make sure to make a backup copy of any xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 if one already exists, just in case).

Last edited by ih23 (2010-02-11 23:02:05)

davidgurvich

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Registered: 2010-02-11

Posts: 118

Re: Is there an up-to-date xf86-video-* for intel 82865G?

Install the intel video driver and xf86-input-evdev, add hal as a daemon and add 'nomodeset' to the end of the grub kernel line.  That should allow Xorg to start with no xorg.conf file.  If Xorg fails to start then you need to generate an xorg.conf file.