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 at intel.com>
To: AnneWilson <anne at lydgate.org>, "ilg at linux.intel.com" <ilg at linux.intel.com>

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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