Intel Sandybridge graphics support?

[Baurzhan Muftakhidinov]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Francois Tigeot <ftigeot at wolfpond.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 07:29:24AM +0500, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov wrote:
>>
>> 1) pciconf -lv: http://pastebin.com/AWy7aKba
>> 2) dmesg:      http://pastebin.com/A93MURPa
>> 3) Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/JjV9Fgtb
>>
> These lines from Xorg.0.log tell us what is going on:
>
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (WW) intel(0): No outputs definitely connected, trying again...
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 disconnected
> [   118.699] (WW) intel(0): Unable to find connected outputs - setting 1024x768 initial framebuffer
>
> Xorg doesn't find a screen on any of the graphic connectors. Now why it
> is doing that on this particular laptop, I have no idea.

Me neither, googling on this topic didn't reveal much. Setting driver
to VESA helps,
so is that xf86-video-intel's issue?

> It is in theory possible to force a specific graphic mode on the particular
> output you know your screen is connected to with xrandr.
>
> You could try calling it from .xinitrc

You mean, in .xinitrc I should first call xrandr and then startxfce4
(or similar)?

> I have also updated the drm/i915 driver to Linux 3.11 on -master; the new
> version could have more luck with your hardware.

I just did try it out - still the same.

Thanks for your help,