[elrepo] Intel VGA Controller
Earl A Ramirez
earlaramirez at gmail.com
Fri Jan 18 10:52:07 EST 2013
>
> 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
>
>
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:32:16 -0800
> From: Antonio Dupont <antonio at moosefactory.com>
> To: EL Repo General Mailing List <elrepo at lists.elrepo.org>
> Subject: Re: [elrepo] Intel VGA Controller
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>
> 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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Thanks Alan and Antonio,
I have created the xorg.conf file from the code
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
Driver "fbdev"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Builtin Default Layout"
Screen "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
EndSection
This did not do the trick as I am not getting the preferred resolution. I
will create an RFE to see if we can have an updated version of the intel
drivers.
I have also append video=LVDS-1:d and I saw some strange behaviour. When I
do not append the code to the end of kernel 3.7.2-1.el6.elrepo.i686, I get
the graphical boot, however I will get just a blank screen when instead of
the login window. When I append the code to the end of the kernel I get a
blank screen immediately after I leave grub.
I have be digging around and I found the following in dmesg, I believe that
this is because I am missing the intel_agp module.
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[drm:i915_init] *ERROR* drm/i915 can't work without intel_agp module!
hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger
bdl_pos_adj.
fuse init (API version 7.13)
Any thoughts
Thanks Again
--
Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez
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