Intel 915GM driver + i810_drv.o patch -> no virtual terminals (and other issues)

[Alain Cochard]

sergio writes:

 > when Fedora Core 4 has been released, gcc 4.0.0 has one bug that
 > breaks i810 and libvgahw.a in console mode, you can find details on
 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161242
 > Upgrading to gcc 4.0.1 and recompile xorg packages is the solution
 > for the problem.

I did that and it did solve the most important problem, i.e., not
having virtual terminals.  Thanks you very much.  I still have the
1-min and black screen saver (problem (2) below) :-(

Alain

 > 
 > Quoting Alain Cochard <alain at geophysik.uni-muenchen.de>:
 > 
 > > During a Fedora Core 4 install on a Latitude D610, it said "Unknown
 > > monitor" and offered me the choice between 800x600 and 640x480.  I
 > > choose the former and it worked.
 > >
 > > The only thing I know about my monitor is what the BIOS says: 14" XGA
 > > with native resolution 1024x768.
 > >
 > > Is there a way to find out more? Is it important?
 > >
 > > So I tried to get that 1024x768 resolution.
 > >
 > > My initial xorg.conf had <Driver "vesa"> in the Device section.  As I
 > > have the Intel 915GM graphics card, I put "i810" instead of "vesa",
 > > but then X failed (no screen found).  I then installed the i810_drv
 > > patch by Alan Hourihane <http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html>
 > >
 > > I did it by simply replacing the old i810_drv.o file by the new
 > > one; is this correct?
 > >
 > > It worked again, but:
 > >
 > > (1) I lost the virtual terminals (the F1 to F6 keys).  More precisely,
 > >    I have a black screen while the terminals are there (if I log in
 > >    as root (blindly) and type 'reboot', it does reboot).
 > >
 > > (2) and I lost my screen savers: the screen becomes black instead, and
 > >    after about 1 minutes instead of what I had chosen (5 minutes).
 > >
 > > (3) plus it was still a 800x600 resolution.
 > >
 > > I could solve problem (3) and get the 1024x768 resolution by following
 > > the directions at <http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/>:
 > >
 > > -  by using a Section "Modes" with a modeline option as determined by
 > >   gtf
 > >
 > > -  and by keeping only <Modes "1024x768"> in the SubSection "Display".
 > >
 > >   Do I need to have a modeline option for each resolution, to be able
 > >   to keep using Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"?
 > >
 > > -  and by changing the option HorizSync in the Section "Monitor"
 > >
 > >   I got that by chance; is there some rational way of determining the
 > >   best range to use?
 > >
 > > But I am still with problems (1) and (2).
 > >
 > > I read about 2 more indirect ways (than the i810 patch) of having the
 > > i915GM card to be fully used:
 > >
 > > - install the i915 so called "snapshot" from
 > >  <dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots>, as described, e.g., here:
 > >  <http://www.nerdgirl.dk/linux/installation.php>
 > >
 > > - install the so called 915resolution tool at
 > >  <http://www.geocities.com/stomljen>
 > >
 > > I'm not clear at all about the differences between the 3 ways I've
 > > mentioned above (not even it that statement makes sense at all).
 > >
 > > Is there a chance that by following one of these ways (they are
 > > already beyond what I would usually dare to do) I will be able to
 > > solve problems (1) and (2)? Or is there something else I should try to
 > > do?
 > >
 > > Sorry that I couldn't find a shorter way of explaining my problem.
 > > Thanks in advance for any hint.
 > >
 > > Alain
 > >
 > 
 >