Lucid vs. old Intel video card

[Yorvyk]

On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:33:28 +0200
Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:

> Le 26/03/2011 22:28, Yorvyk a écrit :
> 
> >>
> > The last time I dealt with i810 you still had to jump through hoops :/ something like this:-
> >
> > Boot rescue mode and drop to a prompt.
> >
> > Run 'Xorg --configure'
> >
> > Ignore error messages.
> >
> > Edit /root/xorg.conf.new and remove references to monitors/screens 1&  2 if they are there. (Sometimes 3 monitors are detected for some reason.)
> >
> > mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > Reboot and cross all available appendages.
> >
> > If think that's it.  You may have to add a 'Modes' line to SubSection "Display" to get the correct resolution if it's not detected.
> >
> 
> Hi Yorvyk,
> 
> Thanks for the detailed hint. I tried what you suggested, but to no 
> avail. I did notice the two disting monitors/screens, but still, the 
> darn thing froze on me.
> 
> I googled some more and finally found the answer here:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes#Workaround%20A:%20Re-enable%20KMS
> 
> Re-enabling KMS as described in the wiki worked fine for me.
> 
Glad you got it working.  There appears to be a multitude of solutions with Lucid.  Thanks for the reminder, I've bookmarked that page.

> Cheers from the rainy South of France,
Cheers from a dry North of England :)


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