[Hardy] Intel VGA controller/driver not automatically detected

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Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

Intel Santa Rosa Crestline Does not automatically detect/assign driver. intel driver needs to be explicitly stated in xorg.conf for VGA to work properly. lspci shows device as being:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 01)

[unggnu (unggnu)]

(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 8086,2a02 card 8086,1999 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 80

[Miika Laaksonen (miika)]

Same happens to Dell Optiplex 745 with Q965 but only sometimes. Restart fix it usually. Also VT switching and X restart is broken. I'm not sure if this is different or same bug. Here are my config and probes.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Miika, this particular bug is going to be specific to this chip (8086,2a02 / 8086,1999), so you should really file a new bug.

[Luis Belmar-Letelier (luis-itaapy)]

same bug : blank screen with intel driver.

root@pulp:/etc/X11# more /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04.1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.1"
root@pulp:/etc/X11# uname -a
Linux pulp 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 16:35:01 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

root@pulp:/etc/X11# Xorg -version

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.1)
Current Operating System: Linux pulp 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 16:35:01 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 21 May 2008 12:19:32PM

 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present

I only get this error on Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
(WW) intel(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum

root@pulp:~# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
 Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 2f15
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 2f15
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
 Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
 Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
 Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

David, could you confirm that this still occurs with 8.04.1? If it does, could you also check against Intrepid?

Also, in your description you say that the driver is not detected/assigned, however looking at both logs you post it clearly is listing log data from the -intel driver. Could you explain how you're determining that the driver was not detected or assigned? Please include the Xorg.0.log's corresponding to a) specifying "intel" in xorg.conf, b) not specifying any driver in xorg.conf.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Heya davidbensimon,

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.