On 2010-12-20 17:42 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:25:02 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> The vesa driver won't work with Kernel Mode Setting (which is mandatory >> for current Intel driver versions), the fbdev driver is a better >> fallback for KMS-enabled systems. Of course it does not hurt to have >> both vesa and fbdev installed. > > How bad... but "fbdev" also fails: > > *** > (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev > (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev" > (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) > ***
Looks like xserver-xorg-video-fbdev is not installed on your system. Small wonder that it fails then. > So, if KMS is now a must for Intel cards, and VESA is not compatible with > KMS, I hope at least "fbdev" can be used transparently (no user > intercation needed)... Personally I hope to never need vesa or fbdev on Intel systems. > Hummm, I wouldn't like to have an Intel VGA > chipset nowadays O:-) Why not? My (four years old) laptop has always worked fine, and Intel chipsets are the only ones where free drivers for very new hardware exist. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87fwtsjret....@turtle.gmx.de