On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:45:08AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Allan Cairns wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Sorry if this is repeating a topic you've seen a dozen times before but > >I'm having real trouble starting X on my old celery 400 with the Intel > >i810 onboard graphics chip. > > > >I installed Debian Woody fresh and selected the i810 chip from the list. > >I also went conservative with my monitor settings as it's an old and > >crappy 14". On completion of the install and package install (done over > >web), it rebooted and tried to start x (GDM) over the text login prompt. > >After two or three goes it comes up with an error and asks me if I want > >to view the log (attached). It then asks me if I want it to try and > >configure X - this makes no difference. > > I suspect you used the default 2.2 kernel (uname -a); you'll probably > want to upgrade to a 2.4.x kernel to get better support on that board. > If "lspci" recognizes your video card, you're probably okay; if it says > something like "unknown chipset", you'll want to upgrade your kernel. > > You might also want to upgrade to testing or to sid for newer X packages > for better support also.
Instead of fully using sid or testing, you might checkout the woody backports available at: www.apt-get.org > > >Section "Device" > > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > > Driver "i810" > > VideoRam 8192 > > Option "UseFBDev" "true" > >EndSection > > You might also try turning UseFBDev off (set it to "false"). > > -- > Kent > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- asg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
