fatal: could not find module i915, x.org 7.0

George P Nychis gnychis at cmu.edu
Sun Jun 11 13:51:50 PDT 2006


Hi,

I have a thinkpad x60s, and all of the linux wiki's for the laptop I have seen have said to use the i810 driver to get the video card working.  So, I followed the gentoo modular x.org guide to install >7.0 x.org and emerged xf86-video-i810 with ~x86 keyword.

In my kernel I built in support with CONFIG_FB_I810=y, my make .conf has VIDEO_CARDS="i810 vesa fbdev"

So then I found this xorg.conf from someone else who has the i810 driver working on their x60s:
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Section "Module"

	Load   	"dbe"  	# Double buffer extension
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"

	SubSection  "extmod"
		Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
	EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
#    Load        "type1"
#    Load        "speedo"
#    Load        "xtt"
EndSection


Section "Files"
	FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
#    ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Keyboard1"
	Driver	"kbd"
	Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
	Option "XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option "XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option "XkbLayout"	"dk"
EndSection



Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Mouse1"
	Driver	"mouse"
	Option "Protocol"    "Auto"	# Auto detect
	Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
	Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"
	Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
	Identifier  "My Monitor"
	HorizSync   31.5 - 48.5
	VertRefresh 43-72
EndSection


Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Standard VGA"
	VendorName	"Unknown"
	BoardName	"Unknown"
	Driver		"vga"
EndSection


Section "Device"
	Identifier  "** Intel i810 (generic)               [i810]"
	Driver      "i810"
	Option "RenderAccel" "true"
	Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" 
EndSection


Section "Screen"
	Identifier  "Screen 1"
	Device      "** Intel i810 (generic)               [i810]"
	Monitor     "My Monitor"
	DefaultDepth 24
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth       8
		Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
		ViewPort    0 0
	EndSubsection
		Subsection "Display"
		Depth       16
		Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
		ViewPort    0 0
	EndSubsection
	Subsection "Display"
	Depth       24
		Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
		ViewPort    0 0
	EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier  "Simple Layout"
	Screen "Screen 1"
	InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option "Composite" "Enable"
	Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection
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But then when I try to start x, it seems to load the screen, i can move my cursor for like a half a second, then it exists and says:
Fatal: could not find module i915


why is it trying to find i915?  I am trying to use the i810 driver, and *no where* in my kernel or xorg.conf is there a mention of 915

what could I be missing?

Thanks!
George




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