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

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 04/16/2010 06:07 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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'?

yum install kernel-devel


/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.11-102.fc12.x86_64/.config



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> 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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