Hi, I recently got a computer with Intel D845GRG mainboard. It has onboard video, sound, and ethernet support. I needed to do a few things to make Debian stable/Woody work with it:
Apparently, the ethernet controller needs to have a 2.4.19 kernel. After replacing a boot floppy kernel with the 2.4.19 one, then the eepro100 module loaded, and I could continue the network install. But, the video support has been more of a problem. According to this web site, the Intel 845 series of graphics chips will not be supported until XFree86 version 4.3.0 is released: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html Some people suggested using the VESA driver. But, when I did that, X would display its screen ONCE. If I tried to CRTL-ALT-F1 to switch to a virtual console, then CTRL-ALT-F7 to switch back to X, then X would no longer display. Also, X would not display anything if I reset it. In other words: 1. Reboot system 2. startx (X starts up) 3. CTRL-ALT-Backspace (X shuts down) 4. startx (X starts up BUT fails to display anything.) So, the VESA driver was not much use. I had more success with the fbdev driver. I needed to build the kernel with all the framebuffer support (as described in the Framebuffer Howto) then I chose vga=0317 in LILO to start the system with a 1024x768 with 16 bpp. With this, X was more stable (I could switch to a virtual console, then back to X safely.) But, this seems to lack the hardware OpenGL support that the 845G can provide. I loaded both Red Hat 8.0 and Mandrake 9.0 and notice that they both seem to support the 845G graphics natively with the i810 XFree86 module. Both RH and Mandrake are using XFree86 4.2.x. I am wondering if they backported the 845G driver support to their versions of XFree86? I would love to learn if their is any way to get the native 845G driver (i810) to run in a Debian package of XFree86. Failing that, I guess I could just get the latest XFree86 from CVS (it contains 845G support in the i810 driver) and build it, but I am unsure which Debian X packages will be influenced by it. Thanks, Doug __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
