xserver-xorg-video-intel doesn't work on i915 chipset

[MichalM]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

Hello,
I'm having problem with Intel video driver on Ubuntu 8.10.
My hardware is notebook Asus M6A with i915 chipset with integrated graphics controller.
LCD has resolution 1280x800.

Xorg won't start with intel driver - Xorg quits with message:
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found

(Xorg.log is attached)

My xorg.conf config:
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Configured Video Device"
        Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

I'm suspecting the package xserver-xorg-video-intel to be broken.
The only chance to run Xorg on this laptop is to use "vesa" driver with 800x600 which is crazy.

This change came with 8.10 release - 8.04 works fine with intel driver (including correct resolution and compiz).

I saw a few similar threads for this bugs for other distros - to make long story short downgrade to intel-2.3.7 usually helped. I couldn't try this because of dependencies.

Thanks,
Michal

[Chris Crisafulli (itnet7)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 289027, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.