Olaf wrote:

>Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:23:04 +0200
>
>On Sun 28 Apr 2002 at 08:40:10 +0100, Steve Woodford wrote:
> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Thomas Asami wrote:
> >
> > > I downloaded i386 snapshot version(20020424-1.5ZC).
> > > I'm using Intel i815, when I run ``startx'', I see nothing in
> > > my screen, and I can't use ``Ctrl+Alt+backspace'' to quit X,
> > > so I should restart the machine :-(
>
>You can probably still switch to other virtual consoles, or telnet or
>ssh into the machine.
>
> > Please post the contents of /var/log/XFree86.0.log. That should show 
>where
> > things fall over.
> >
> > It actually sounds a bit like the problem I've just battled with on a
> > laptop equipped with an i830 chipset. If so, I have a fix. :)
>
>On advice from here and other places, I did the following:
>
>1. Enable agp in the kernel:
>
>     agp*    at pchb?
>
>2. Make the device node and symlink for it in /dev:
>
>     cd /dev; MAKEDEV agp0

The default GENERIC already enables them.

>3. for X, turn off int-10 use (not sure if that is really still needed
>    actually, I'll try that later), in /etc/X11/XF86Config:
>
>     Section "Device"
>	Identifier  "Card0"
>	Driver      "i810"
>	VendorName  "Intel"
>	BoardName   "i815"
>	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
>	Option	    "NoInt10"			<--
>     EndSection

Bingo! After adding NoInt10, X works :-)) Thank you very much.

> > Cheers, Steve
>-Olaf.
>--
>___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert - rhialto@polder    -- Ah only did well at 
>school
>\X/ land.nl       -- tae git intae an O level class tae git away fae 
>Begbie.

- T



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