[elrepo] Intel VGA Controller

[Antonio Dupont]

Hello Earl,

It sounds like you have a PowerVR GMA3650 GPU from Imagination
Technolgies.  I have had many problems with this GPU in distribution
kernels and had to upgrade (using EL Repo made it easy).

Try appending video=LVDS-1:d to the kernel line in your grub.conf file.

After that you should get a graphic boot screen and use the fbdev or vesa
driver.  I had no luck with the Intel driver and this GPU.

Regards,

Antonio

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:

> Hi Earl,
>
> On 15 January 2013 14:15, Earl A Ramirez <earlaramirez at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have booted into run level 3 and invoke startx, however I do not see
> any
> > errors because the screen goes blank with the dash on the top left
> corner of
> > the screen.
>
> O.k. So that definitely confirms a problem with the 'X' server
> configuration or the drivers available for your video chipset. (Which
> is not my area of expertise.)
>
> > Below is the content of the Xorg.5.log after I have booted with the stock
> > CentOS kernel.
>
> That may show something useful . . . perhaps others would care to comment?
>
> What it does do is to give you a template for an xorg.conf file that
> you could hand-craft and drop into the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
> directory.
>
> [code]
> > [    44.640]     Section "Device"
> > [    44.640]         Identifier    "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
> > [    44.640]         Driver    "intel"
> > [    44.640]     EndSection
> > [    44.640]     Section "Screen"
> > [    44.640]         Identifier    "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"
> > [    44.640]         Device    "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
> > [    44.640]     EndSection
> > [    44.640]     Section "Device"
> > [    44.640]         Identifier    "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
> > [    44.641]         Driver    "vesa"
> > [    44.641]     EndSection
> > [    44.641]     Section "Screen"
> > [    44.641]         Identifier    "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
> > [    44.641]         Device    "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
> > [    44.641]     EndSection
> > [    44.641]     Section "Device"
> > [    44.641]         Identifier    "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
> > [    44.641]         Driver    "fbdev"
> > [    44.641]     EndSection
> > [    44.641]     Section "Screen"
> > [    44.641]         Identifier    "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
> > [    44.641]         Device    "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
> > [    44.641]     EndSection
> > [    44.641]     Section "ServerLayout"
> > [    44.641]         Identifier    "Builtin Default Layout"
> > [    44.641]         Screen    "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"
> > [    44.641]         Screen    "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
> > [    44.641]         Screen    "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
> > [    44.641]     EndSection
> [/code]
>
> Copy / paste the above section into a file and the strip off the "> [
>   44.640]     " or "> [    44.641]     " (as appropriate) that is at
> the beginning of each line. That will then be your basic template
> xorg.conf file. (Keep a pristine copy safe, somewhere else.) Hopefully
> other subscribers to this list will be able to suggest lines to add to
> or remove from your working copy. (/etc/X11/xord.conf.d/xorg.conf) It
> should be possible to get that basic display to work in graphical mode
> by that method. (I'm not the person able to assist you,
> unfortunately.)
>
> > I am not too familiar with the RFE process can you shed some light on
> this
> > or point me in the right direction?
>
> As for opening an RFE (request for enhancement), just go to the ELRepo
> bug tracker [1], open a ticket against the existing xorg-x11-drv-intel
> package and ask for it to be updated to the latest version. Etc. :)
>
> There's no magic involved. By making the request that way, you will
> ensure that it is seen by all the Admin staff and the current package
> maintainer.
>
> @ELRepo Project community members -- Please join in if you feel you
> can assist Earl with getting a working basic graphical interface with
> his system
>
> Alan.
>
> [1] http://elrepo.org/bugs/main_page.php
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