[Intel-gfx] [i845G] No X (no usable screens)(no modesetting driver found)

[Felix Miata]

On 2010/02/28 18:36 (GMT-0500) dolphinling composed:

> On 02/28/2010 05:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote:

>> I just --auto-selected a cooker box running i845G onboard video that was last
>> updated when 2010.0 was released. Now X cannot find usable screens or a
>> kernel modesetting driver. I tried adding variously "nokms", "nomodeset",
>> "kms=0" and "modeset=0" on cmdline without any apparent effect. Attached
>> 2048x1536-capable Trinitron CRT display correctly provides neither EDID nor DDC.
>> [...]

>> Is there something else that needs to be installed, or added to cmdline? Is
>> this an already known bug?

> What kernel version and .config? IIRC, non-kms is no longer supported (at least 
> on linux)

http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/Mdv/config-2.6.33-desktop-1mnb

> I'm running 845G with kernel 2.6.33, xorg-server 1.7.5, and xorg-video-intel 
> from git as of a few weeks ago, and while there are a few bugs, mostly things work.

> For reference, I have
> CONFIG_AGP=m
> CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m
> CONFIG_DRM=m
> CONFIG_DRM_I915=m
> CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m
> CONFIG_FB=m

Of those listed above that I found, all are either y or m.

> ..and various other options those autoselect, but everything else visible under 
> the Device Drivers -> Graphics support menu is set to n.

I only use what Mandriva builds for public consumption, so don't know what's
in its config menu. Your answer however leads me to believe my problem more
likely Mandriva configuration related rather than generic. Thanks!
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