Xserver Error loading intel_drv.so undefined symbol:I810InitMC

[Felix Miata]

Ahsan composed on 2022-07-27 20:47 (UTC+0200):

> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: undefined symbol: I810InitMC

The i810 series supports Intel's original x86 iGPU from 1999. If you have need to
use an 810 or 815 iGPU, you have the world's sympathy. GPUs didn't come much worse
in their day. Unless you're an afficionado of antique PCs, you don't want to need
the i810 kernel driver to build. Most newer Intel iGPUs need an i915 or newer
kernel device driver.

As Ken already wrote, most iGPUs since around 2008 can run X well on the newer
technology "modesetting" device independent X (DIX) driver packaged with the X
server. As a consequence, the xf86-video-intel device dependent X (DDX) driver
hasn't had an official release in nearly a decade.

All that said, Debian 11 is providing an Intel DDX that works with my relic
i810 iGPU:

# inxi -SCmyz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-12-686 i686 bits: 32 Desktop: Trinity R14.1.0
    Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Memory:
  RAM: total: 492.5 MiB used: 177.9 MiB (36.1%)
  Array-1: capacity: 512 MiB slots: 2 EC: None
  Device-1: DIMM_A size: 256 MiB speed: 100 MT/s
  Device-2: DIMM_B size: 256 MiB speed: 100 MT/s
CPU:
  Info: single core model: Pentium III (Coppermine) bits: 32 cache: 256 KiB
    note: check
  Speed (MHz): 997 min/max: N/A core: 1: 997
# inxi -Gayz
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 82810E DC-133 Graphics vendor: Dell OptiPlex GX110
    driver: N/A bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 8086:7125 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel gpu: N/A
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 90 s-size: 474x303mm (18.7x11.9")
    s-diag: 563mm (22.1")
  Monitor-1: default res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 size: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5
    compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
#
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