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 > > Anne > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > 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 > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kde mailing list > kde at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
