Fwd: RE: [Ilg] Installing xf86-video-intel-2.10

[Anne Wilson]

My new laptop has the i915 video chipset, which doesn't work with the Fedora-
included Intel driver, so I tried to install the latest driver.  When I 
couldn't get a result from that I forwarded the log file to Intel and asked 
for help - incidentally, I'm impressed.  I asked yesterday early evening and 
when I logged in this morning I had a reply.

The bug report how-to linked below is to file a bug to freedesktop.org - and 
frankly looks scarey in the amount of digging it seems to require.  However, 
in view of the answer below, I wonder if it's more appropriate anyway to file 
a Fedora bug?  And what does he mean by the 'kernel config file'?

Anne

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Subject: RE: [Ilg] Installing xf86-video-intel-2.10
Date: Friday 16 April 2010, 02:30:56
From: "Jin, Gordon" <gordon.jin(a)intel.com&gt;
To: AnneWilson <anne(a)lydgate.org&gt;, &quot;ilg(a)linux.intel.com&quot;
<ilg(a)linux.intel.com&gt;

AnneWilson wrote on Friday, April 16, 2010 1:21 AM:
>  I have compiled the driver for use with Fedora 12, as my new i5
>  laptop is currently only displaying with the vesa driver.  I'm not
>  very experienced in building, so asked advice at this point.  As
>  advised, in xorg.conf I created a section 'Files' then added
>  	ModulePath	"/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>  	ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>  EndSection
>  
>  and changed the driver to "intel".  Booting to runlevel 1 I renamed
>  xorg.conf and moved this new one into xorg.conf.  Unfortunately, on
>  rebooting I got a black screen with blinking cursor.  It looks as
>  though everything else was fine judging by the shutdown messages,
>  just xorg nor starting. 
>  
>  Looking at the log file (attached) I think I nearly had it right but
>  there is some sort of problem with Screen - can you please advise me?
>  
>  Thanks
>  
>  Anne 
The log says: 
(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.

It indicates the kernel doesn't support the this new hardware. But I think 
Fedora 12 kernel should have supported it. Please file a file according to 
http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html. Remember attach dmesg 
output. Better attach kernel config file.

Thanks
Gordon

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