Help needed : FreeBSD 8.1 / xorg / xf86-video-intel / dell400

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On 07/13/2010 15:37, Henri-Pierre Charles wrote:
> Hello, I've a dell d400 laptop quite old but still usefull. I've upgraded to
> 8.1-RC2 which seem ok. It was perfectly functionnal with FreeBSD 8.0
> and the freebsd-8.0-release packages.
>
> My usual way to upgrade packages is to "pkg_delete -a"&&  pkg_add -r a list
> of my usual softwares which come from ports/i386/i386/packages-8.1-release/
> which contain xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3&&  xorg-7.5
>
> It's impossible to have a graphical output
>
> (1) Using video-intel the system hang immediately without any message
>
> I've also tried to add :
>        Option     "DRI" "off"                  # [<bool>]
>        Option     "NoAccel" "on"               # [<bool>]
>   in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf Device section : still hang
>
> I've try to patch  i830_display.c:i830_crtc_load_lut as suggested in another
> thread, the system does not hang but has a black screen
>
>
> (2) Using video-vesa X fail with a message :
>   "(EE) VESA(0): No valid modes"
>   "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration."
>
> I've put all the possible information here :
> http://henripierre.charles.free.fr/Xorg-Intel/
> - pciconf -lv
> - xorg.conf
> - Xorg.0.log for intel driver, intel patched driver, vesa driver .
>
> I've tried to modify my initial xorg.conf without any success. Is
> there a solution,
> (even with a not accelerated solution) or am I obliged to downgrade to
> 8.0 to keep
> FreeBSD or install a modern ubuntu (troll inside :-) ? Any idea or clue ?
>
> Cheers
>
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I have the same troubles on my old Asus laptop. Intel video and xv video 
mode has been in unusable state for quite a while actually.

You may want to look at this thread in the forums:

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=15686

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Best wishes,

Dmitry.