Intel Graphics Driver (i915) with 3.2.6 Kernel not loaded

[James2k]

Wondering if anyone can help me. I'm running BackTrack 5 R2 (Persistent USB install), I upgraded from R1 via apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade everything went fine but I cannot get the Intel graphics driver loaded in the 3.2.6 kernel. I have i915.modeset=1 on my CMD_LINUX line in my /etc/default/grub but when I boot the 3.2.6 kernel the Intel graphics driver is not loaded and when I startx the resolution is stuck at 1280 x 1024. However booting the older 2.6.3.9 kernel works fine and I get native 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Not sure what to make of it, I searched around but couldn't seem to find a solution.

Is this a known problem or can it be fixed?

Thanks.

James

[Malachai]

I been looking for a solution myself... Hopefully someone can figure this out.

[snafu777]

Dang, I guess I just don't make my posts blatently obvious enuf =)
Here ya go.....


Feel free to ask me about any questions on that thread.

[James2k]

Well it seems the i915 module is present in the 3.2.6 kernel at least. Without modifying any software sources or adding PPA's I did:

modprobe -r nouveau
modprobe i915

(This was in a serial console). My console session then became in native 1920 x 1080 and I proceeded to startx, however the CPU went mental and full throttle and locked up, stuck on the BT loading splash screen. I then tried the same again but this time loaded the i915 module within an X session but this time it just got stuck at a blank black screen.

Edit: I posted a guide in the BackTrack 5 Fixes forum where I managed to get the i915 driver loaded successfully without the need to use unsupported PPA's. Links is below, let me know if it works for you:

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=48904