Unable to get Intel driver working on ThinkPad T520

[Kevin Oberman]

Please ignore this one. (Since I received no response, I guess
everyone did.) entirely PEBKAC. dri was at the wrongversion (the NOT
KMS one) and tht ws the only issue. My 1600x900 display now looks
simply wonderful!

Thanks kib and the Foundation for this! Still hoping for vty switching
to be restored, though.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: kob6558 at gmail.com

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Kevin Oberman <kob6558 at gmail.com> wrote:
> With the new xorg installed, I decided to take the plunge and try out
> the KMS drm code. I rebuilt xorg-server and the mouse, keyboard, and
> vesa drivers as well as replacing intel with intel-kms with
> WITH_NEW_XORG. Everything seemed to go well.
>
> After a reboot of the patched kernel, I started X, but still got the
> VESA driver. I looked at Xorg.0.log and I don't see a problem. I am
> attaching the file.
>
> I also created an xorg.conf that specified the intel driver. That led
> to xorg dying with a message that no screen could be found. The log
> shows:
> [  3019.422] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
> [  3019.422] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
> [  3019.423] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [  3019.423]    compiled for 1.10.6, module version = 2.16.0
> [  3019.423]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [  3019.423]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
> [  3019.423] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
>        i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
>        E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
>        965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
>        4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,
>        Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Sandybridge Desktop (GT2),
>        Sandybridge Desktop (GT2+), Sandybridge Mobile (GT1),
>        Sandybridge Mobile (GT2), Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+),
>        Sandybridge Server, Ivybridge Mobile (GT1), Ivybridge Mobile (GT2),
>        Ivybridge Desktop (GT1), Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Ivybridge Server
> [  3019.424] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
> [  3019.424] (--) using VT number 9
>
> [  3019.426] (EE) No devices detected.
> [  3019.426]
> Fatal server error:
> [  3019.426] no screens found
> [  3019.426]
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>         at http://wiki.x.org
>  for help.
> [  3019.426] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
> for additional information.
> [  3019.426]
> Here is info on the graphics unit:
> vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x21cf17aa chip=0x01268086
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated
> Graphics Controller'
>    class      = display
>    subclass   = VGA
>
> Any idea what I might be doing wrong?