Thanks all for the help so far.. I've had some success by choosing "vga" driver in the setup (instead of i810). However, the resolution is really bad (looks like 320x240). (I've also changed to using vanilla flavour instead of bf2.4)
The graphics "card" (onboard) is intel 82852 GM, the machine is an Acer TravelMate 530. So a new questions is: 1. do I need to install i810 support in the kernel (i think no)? When I select it in the "add kernel modules" part of setup, it fails... Assuming no for that, should I be able to select "i810" driver in X setup? This results in the "no screens" error. Anybody know why or how to fix this? Would a newer version of X solve the problem? Any help would be really appreciated, apologies for the clueless posts Rua HM. -----Original Message----- From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 1:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: X "no screens" error with bf2.4 kernel and intel 810 graphics on laptop Rua Haszard Morris wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm doing my first linux install, on an Acer TravelMate 530, and >> everything >> went well until configuring XFree86. >> >> I've tried specifying i810 drivers and just plain old vga drivers and >> when I >> try to launch xinit I always get the "no screens" error. >> Try "startx" instead of "xinit". Also, run "lspci" to make sure the video chipset is i810. >> I've downloaded drivers from intel, but the install for them fails >> because >> it can't find the headers for the bf2.4 kernel. >> Which indicates you are using the bf2.4 kernel; is that correct? This kernel should have support for i810; just "modprobe i810". However, if your chipset is a newer variant of the i810 (lspci is your friend), you might need an even newer kernel. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
