On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to the the $Subject laptop up and running using the built-in > Intel graphics chip: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00f7 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 53 > Memory at c1400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] > Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] > I/O ports at 3000 [size=64] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] > Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features > Kernel driver in use: i915 > > And it seems that the xorg Intel driver just doesn't recognize it at > all. > > Below is my Xorg.0.log file. I'm using a 3.5.0 kernel (with a few minor > hardware patches for other bits of this laptop that don't work with > 3.5.0, but no changes to the graphics drivers.) > > Any ideas or patches I can try out? try writing an xorg.conf with a BusID in it and see if it works, most likely the primary boot_vga detection is busted. Dave.