After an update to Fedora-9, X would no longer start with the i810 driver. Switching to the vesa driver allows X to start. Will attach config and logs.
Created attachment 305318 [details] Log file from starting X.
Created attachment 305319 [details] Config file generated by X --configure
A few more details: on starting X (either via gdm or by hand) the screen goes blank, no mouse cursor. I can still switch back to a text VT using Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc. I can hear a faint repeated chirping sound coming from the PC - I suspect the video chipset getting repeatedly reconfigured?
This looks wrong: (==) intel(0): VideoRam: 131072 KB It should only be 32Meg: (II) intel(0): detected 32636 kB stolen memory.
I have the same problem and will add some log file. The i810 driver does not work. When X starts from init 5, the screen starts flickering and ends up displaying the text login. Using the intel (experimental modesetting) driver, X starts correctly. Log files for both cases will be added. In the case of the intel driver, no Xorg.conf file was available. The i810 driver was selected via system-config-display.
Created attachment 305748 [details] log file from successful start with automatically selected intel driver.
Created attachment 305750 [details] Log of unsucessful start with i810 driver.
Created attachment 305751 [details] xorg.conf created with system-config-display
(In reply to comment #5) > The i810 driver does not work. When X starts from init 5, the screen starts > flickering and ends up displaying the text login. Using the intel > (experimental modesetting) driver, X starts correctly. I don't think it is the same issue, and moreover i810 driver is not actively developed anymore. You will be probably better served just to use intel driver.
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