On 5/30/2012 9:50 PM, Michael Aldridge wrote: > I am working with a motion computing m1200 series slate computer which uses > the intel 82830 graphics card. I have tried the following things to make > it work > > disable KMS > use VESA > manually generate the xorg.conf file and mess with it > generally reinstall and see if it automagically configures > > I should point out that this computer had a fully functioning windows > install on it that was having no trouble working with graphics. > > I started off by installing just the debian 6 shell and confirming that I > could get as far as a text console. This bit worked and I was able to > update as well as install the xserver-xorg package. I then installed kde > as my window manager of choice, and installed xinit in order to start X a > bit easier. Now is where the fun part begins. Upon discovering that I > could not start X, I tried the methods above. > > Disabling KMS had no effect, either in the i915 file or at the boot options > line. Using the VESA driver failed due to a bit depth issue which was > uncorrectable due to the next issue. When trying to manually generate the > xorg.conf file, I am given the message that the number of created screens > does not match the number of detected devices. Lastly the reinstall of X, > and KDE failed to solve the issue. I have installed the latest version of > the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver yet still nothing behaves as it should. > > I know just enough about the command line to be dangerous, and so it > is entirely possible that somewhere, I missed a step in installing packages. > All help is appreciated.
Have you read: http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2010/02/intel-82830-cgc-830m-graphics.html It's a little old, 2010, but may offer you some helpful ideas. -- Stan -- 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/4fc6eb30.8020...@hardwarefreak.com
