Thanks Chen, using the modinfo command I can see that I was mispelling... I was using fcb instead of fbc...
Keith > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 06:07:16PM -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: >> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:29:19AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> merkaba:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf >> >> options i915 modeset=1 i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 >> >> semaphores=1 >> >> When I try to use this line of options I get an error message saying >> i915_enable_fcb is an unknown parameter. Is that for kernel 3.2 only? > try ' sudo modinfo i915 ' see if it is available. > >> What does that parameter refer to? I tried googling on > from the modinfo: > " parm: i915_enable_fbc:Enable frame buffer compression for > power savings (default: -1 (use per-chip default)) (int)" > >> For my Lenovo T520 using only the integrated Intel graphics, do I need >> drivers other than xserver-xorg-core, xserver-xorg-video-fbdev, and >> xserver-xorg-video-intel? >> >> The reason I ask is that I sometimes, when experimenting with >> different configurations get errors suggesting that I need the vesa >> driver, and wonder if that is related to the error I get concerning >> the i915_enable_fcb? > judge from /var/log/Xorg.0.log, vesa module is loaded, so better to > install xserver-xorg-video-vesa. i915_enable_fcb, as the modinfo > suggested, more like a power saving parm. > > > -- > Chen Wei > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/a3389a18f7ef904481d08fd3c6412ea3.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
