failing to start X on my Core 2 Duo macbook (No devices detected)
Rohit Grover
rgrover1 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 16 20:52:14 UTC 2008
Hello,
I'm having trouble configuring Xorg on my Core 2 Duo Apple MacBook.
I have followed instructions from a blog at
http://goddess-gate.com/dc2/index.php/post/251 in installing Freebsd7.0
Release on it.
I have rebuilt the kernel with the following added to the config:
> device drm # Enable graphic acceleration (base support).
> device i915drm # Enable graphic acceleration (i945GM support).
>
> The laptop has an Intel GMA965 X3100 chipset which shows up as Intel Mobile
GMA965/GL960 using 'pciconf -lv' on pci channel 0:2:1.
While running xorgconfig, I specified the use of "i810" (option 16) as the
graphic controller--this was in accordance with the instructions from the
blog above.
The following is an excerpt from the blog which applies to my Xorg
configuration:
> Graphic card setup
>
> When you're asked if you want to parse graphic cards list, answer "y".
> The graphic controller to use is "i810" (option 16).
> Installed memory is "65536K" (option 9).
> Identifier should be "GMA950" (I used GMA965).
> Leave modes as is (answer "4").
> Default mode will be 24 bits (answer "5").
>
Unfortunately, with this configuration, my X server doesn't start and gives
the following error:
> (EE) No devices detected.
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
The FAQ from Xorg
(http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages#head-93b1e0b56f76546d61364f789045e9c745b6cfd4)
claims that:
It is very likely that your xorg.conf file doesn't contain the
> correct driver(s) for the chipset(s) in your system or that your
> chipset isn't supported by any of the drivers.
Could someone please help me with figuring out what drivers should I be
using for my chipset?
regards,
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