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12-06-2003, 08:59 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Ubuntu, Slack, Athena Linux (derivative of RedHat)
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VESA incompatible with i815 video card; how can I fix?
Background info: running Slackware 9.1 on an Inspiron 2500, kernel 2.4.22; video card chipset: intel 815.
I've done some research, and discovered that VESA is incompatible with my videocard. I loaded the agp module, having read that that would fix something, but I'm still getting VESA errors when I run startx. I would greatly appreciate any advice on dealing with this situation.
Thanks!
-pi314159
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12-06-2003, 12:54 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Indiana
Distribution: Suse 6.0+, Mandrake 5.0-10.0, Redhat 6.0-9.0, Gentoo 1.2+, Gnoppix, Knoppix, Sabayon, Ubuntu 5.04+
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So use the right driver instead of vesa.
i810
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12-06-2003, 04:17 PM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Ubuntu, Slack, Athena Linux (derivative of RedHat)
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All right, now I feel like an idiot. STFW, eh?  *hits head*
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