Samsung N220, Intel and xorg

danny · Aug 6, 2011

Hi Unix-Friends,

I recently tried to get xorg running on a Samsung N220 Netbook. All xorg-related packages are up to date. Using

Code:

Xorg -configure

results in the attached xorg.conf file, but the screen just gets black using it. Logs are also attached to this post.
Its an intel card:

Code:

lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Pineview Integrated Graphics Controller

Best Regards
Danny

wblock@ · Aug 7, 2011

How are you starting X? Does the mouse pointer show? Does ctl-alt-f2 switch back to a console?

danny · Aug 7, 2011

I'm starting X via

Code:

startx

The mouse pointer does not show, the screen just remains black.
Switching back to console is not possible, but I can access the netbook with ssh.

wblock@ · Aug 7, 2011

The Pineview chips might need the new KMS support: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=21852

If that's not practical, there's the vesa driver.

danny · Aug 11, 2011

vesa-Driver is only working for a bad resolution of 800x600. If I try setting the right resolution of 1024x600 I get the message

(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1024x600" (no mode of this name)

xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log for vesa are attached.

danny · Aug 11, 2011

Sorry, my mistake. I should have used the forum search function.

Intel drivers are working now. Solution:

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=16020

Thanks for your support.