dapper-rc X freezes at black screen picked wrong graphics card

[Tim Jackson]

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golfer wrote:
> I've got a i810 card on my motherboard at pci:0:1:0, which is bypassed
> in the BIOS, and a pci nvidia card on pci:1:9:0, which is activated by
> the BIOS.
> 
> dapper-rc install cd used the correct nvidia for the installation,
> but, when it first booted, it froze when X started.  I rebooted in
> recovery mode and had to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to the other card.
> It incorrectly showed:
> 
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset
> Graphics Controller]"
>        Driver          "i810"
>        BusID           "PCI:0:1:0"
> EndSection
> 
> I changed it to:
> 
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Nvidia GeForce4 MX4000"
>        Driver          "nv"
>        BusID           "PCI:1:9:0"
> EndSection
> ..
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
> #       Device          "Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset
> Graphics Controller]"
>        Device          "Nvidia GeForce4 MX4000"
> ..
> 
> and rebooted successfully into kubuntu.  I wonder why the installer
> correctly picked the nvidia card, but the X configure script picked
> the wrong one?
> 
> HTH someone else.
> 
> regards,
> 

there are some problems with the i810 and xresprobe during the install.
this is bug reported at  https://launchpad.net/bugs/43722 and others,
I had a similar experience with adding a card and having it configure
xorg.conf as i810 even though it using the card during the install.  If
the issue is xresprobe there is no fix yet as far as I know.

Tim

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