intel 855 gm on f15

[Adam Williamson]

 On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:56:18 +0200, cornel panceac wrote:
> 2011/1/29 Adam Williamson
>
>> The 8xx series is, I think, not supported for Shell - you should get
>> the classic GNOME fallback - but basic boot and GDM and the classic
>> mode
>> should all work. File a bug for any KMS issues.
>
> ok, thank you. it will be done. first ill try to restart
> networkmanager so that i can connect (?) to the running system with
> ssh
>
> indeed, with nomodeset, the gdm and text output is displayed fine
> under the new f15 kernel. and also, the gnome-shell doesnt start but
> the fallback to gnome-panel, etc is ok.

 nomodeset in Rawhide (actually, since F13 or so) does not run intel
 without KMS; it just gets you vesa. The bug report's fine, but just
 so you know :) Only the radeon driver has a UMS component any more,
 and that only for old chipsets. nouveau and intel only do KMS now.
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