On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 05:26:48PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 25 March 2006 12:24, Fathi BOUDRA wrote: > > someone reported this bug : > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302696 > > > i would like advices/comments from debian-x and debian-installer teams > > about correct procedure. > > I'm sorry, but such workarounds are outside the scope of the Debian > Installer. > > The selection of the graphics controller in Sarge is done using > discover1-data, which currently has: > 80861132 video Server:XFree86(i810) 82815 CGC [Chipset > GraphicsController] > > So, it will suggest the i810 driver by default. If that should be > changed to intel-agp, please file a bug report against discover1-data. > However, there is little chance that this will be updated in Sarge and > for Etch it is likely another detection method will be used. > > The option to be added in the X configuration file is completely outside > the scope of the installer and, if it can be added anywhere, that would be > during XFree86 configuration. Again, there is no chance this would be > changed for Sarge and as Etch will use Xorg, it you first need to be > confirmed that this is still an issue for Etch.
FWIW, it appears this bug is not present in X.Org. (Indeed, I never heard anything like it with i8xx.)
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