[nylug-talk] AOpen and i815 with debian

[George Bourozikas]

On Wednesday 22 November 2006 17:00, Seth Rothenberg wrote:
> Hi, I just installed Linux on a machine
> that has an i815 graphics chip on the motherboard.
>
> I couldn't get X to start following the install.
>
> xf86cfg does not seem to allow configuring.
>
> I tried to learn something by booting Knoppix, worked fine.
>
> I was wondering if there is a tool I can use
> to figure out what Knoppix knows about the hardwaer?

What you need is:

   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Alternately (the lazy way that works), boot Knoppix and 
copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf to your hard disk, overwriting the original 
(after you make a copy, of course, but since yours doesn't work to 
start with...)

This should get you going at least with a frame buffer (depending on 
what Knoppix detects).

--george