Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-13 Thread Olaf Bohlen
2011/6/9 Apostolos Syropoulos : Hi Apostolos, > Then download a Linux LiveCD and use it to boot your machine. Provided that > the Xserver will start, which I am sure it will, please check file Xorg.0.log. > This way we will be able to tell what is wrong. At any rate, problems like I got a Ubuntu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-09 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> > No, I can't - the HP BIOS does not provide any settings at all for the > graphics device. >   Then download a Linux LiveCD and use it to boot your machine. Provided that the Xserver will start, which I am sure it will, please check file Xorg.0.log. This way we will be able to tell what is w

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Olaf Bohlen
2011/6/8 Apostolos Syropoulos : > Please try to see if it is possible to switch to the ATI card from > the BIOS. Or try to use the ATI card by properly changing the xorg.conf > A.S. No, I can't - the HP BIOS does not provide any settings at all for the graphics device. -- Olaf Bohlen       Fon:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 06/ 8/11 03:22 AM, Olaf Bohlen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm in trouble with my "new" hp ProBook 6450b. It has a i915 Intel > graphics card installed and running it with the vesa driver in Xorg > works. > If I want to use the "intel" driver from Xorg to use DRI, I just get a > black screen (it switch

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> > Seems I need to wait till "somebody" ports a newer intel driver. I > only have a crippled HP BIOS here which lets me configure nearly > nothing :( > Please try to see if it is possible to switch to the ATI card from the BIOS. Or try to use the ATI card by properly changing the xorg.conf A.S.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Olaf Bohlen
2011/6/8 Apostolos Syropoulos : Hello Apostolos and thanks for your reply. > I had a similar problem on several desktop machines. A friend > suggested a solution that actually work: we increased the > agp aperture size (or agp window size) from 32MB to 64MB. If this is > a BIOS option please chan

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Nikola M.
On 06/ 8/11 12:22 PM, Olaf Bohlen wrote: > I'm in trouble with my "new" hp ProBook 6450b. It has a i915 Intel > graphics card installed and running it with the vesa driver in Xorg > works. > If I want to use the "intel" driver from Xorg to use DRI, I just get a > black screen (it switches to graphi

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> I'm in trouble with my "new" hp ProBook 6450b. It has a i915 Intel > graphics card installed and running it with the vesa driver in Xorg > works.   I had a similar problem on several desktop machines. A friend suggested a solution that actually work: we increased the agp aperture size (or agp wi

[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148/151dev, intel915 Xorg freezes

2011-06-08 Thread Olaf Bohlen
Hello, I'm in trouble with my "new" hp ProBook 6450b. It has a i915 Intel graphics card installed and running it with the vesa driver in Xorg works. If I want to use the "intel" driver from Xorg to use DRI, I just get a black screen (it switches to graphics mode, but nothing appears on the screen)