Intel GMA X3100 VESA no valid modes

chuckk · 06-08-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by unSpawn

Intel drivers are in Xorg and this one is covered, so that can't be the problem. If you use your favourite searchengine for "Intel GMA X3100" you'll find the Intel HOWTO. Not that you need to compile anything, but maybe use it as a checklist, because you'll need for instance the kernels AGP module loaded and Xorg needs DRM and DRI for this one, IIGC...

That's funny, I did just that and Google knows no such thing. I just get pages like this one. People should actually check what search engines return before suggesting them as though they're talking to a child.
As usual, most of the hits from Google are people *asking* questions, not *answering* them.

unSpawn · 06-08-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chuckk

That's funny, I did just that and Google knows no such thing. I just get pages like this one. People should actually check what search engines return before suggesting them as though they're talking to a child. As usual, most of the hits from Google are people *asking* questions, not *answering* them.

Your response is nearly one year late. Now what's funny is last time you posted on LQ was in '06 only to surface in '09 to necropost your rant in a vintage '08 thread and leaving without providing future readers with any clue. To me that means you're not part of the solution.

Xorg comes with Intel's xf86-video-intel driver (man 4 intel), supporting the X3100 (a neutered GMA X3000 used in the GM965 Northbridge) since 2007, and Linux supports the Graphics Execution Manager since 2.6.28 (2008) offering a speed increase of fifty percent so one usually doesn't need the Intel HOWTO or search LQ anymore.

Have fun, see you in 2011.