[GUIDE] Loading the i915 driver in the 3.2.6 kernel without adding unsupported PPA's

[D4rkH4nd8]

OMG your my hero THANK YOU. i think this should be sticky Like NOW lol.

I made it work and im a linux nub so thank you again. I learned a lot along the way.

[Malko]

OMFG! =) finally I put this working, thanks to you =) Great tutorial, and worked perfectly.

[Leifx]

The process works great, but i have a different issue, might be a simple fix but im not sure...
after i try to "startx", i get a black screen, startup music in background plays and it seems like it just hasnt refreshed my monitor,

Xorg.0.log shows an error;


(EE) Oct 29 16:47:20 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initiate mode change.
(EE) Oct 29 16:47:20 NVIDIA(0): Failed to complete mode change


Anyone shed any light on this error that is making my session not show??

[Parad0x001]

YOU ARE THE MAN! IT'S WORKING!!!!

(spec: LG A310 i3 intel graphic 2000)

[Thracky]

Awesome post, thanks very much for this. Huge help for many of us dealing with the whole nvidia optimus mess.

[thelem93]

Works Perfect!! thanks alottt

[whitecatwandering]

Great post, I found this fix a while back in another location but this thread is much more productive.

I have had some issue though running on a Thinkpad T410. After running this fix I have consistently been able to load the GUI fine, however, Backtrack runs very laggy. I am currently only adding "modprobe i915 modeset=1" before running startx as I have not had the time to go through the full configuration and modify the load out. This may be the problem and I will do some more testing.

In the mean time, does anyone have any ideas of what the problem may be off the top of their heads? The system is usable but frustrating to use. It almost feels like I am trying to run it over a slow remote connection.

I will post more details when I have the time to do some deeper testing.

Thanks,

[breadfan]

hi,
I spent 3 months finding how I can install BT5 on my Lenovo t410 but finally managed - partially due to this post and similar about installing driver for Intel HD graphic card.
initially I used iso of BT5r3 but non of it worked. I've read somewhere that when your caps lock is blinking then keep pressing ENTER untill it goes through. I havent checked that, as I came up with my own way...
I downloaded BT5.0 from backtrack-linux.org I guess. no releases, no additions etc. Like in previous attempts of installation I created bootable USB stick. Notice that my problem was that I was getting black screen just after hitting 'startx' before going to Xs with 'install BT' icon on it.
once I put BT5.0 on the stick the whole installation went without any problems.
now, shortly after rebooting, dont enter 'startx' - just fix your graphic diver in /etc/default/grub
by means of vi edit grub file with the line below:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791"
then get out of the edited file and update grub:
#update-grub
(or something like that).
reboot system and it should work for any T410.

p.s. obviously put # to block line which includes details of initial driver being active (or just delete the line, replace by the above, whatever ).

thanks to all who posted any info in relation to similar issue.
good luck!

[breadfan]

hi whitecatwondering,
I installed BT5.0 32bit on my T410 (KDE) and it works fine. as I wrote in my previous post, I edited the grub file with: "quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791" and dont see any issues. The same with my server (some miniATX Intel Mainboard) - works great. The issues I have is Firefox (it doesnt scrall windows smoothly, e.g. FB), but that's java, flash or similar issue, which is ahead of me.
the issue with BT is that initially I used BTr3 iso and it didnt let me install it on T410.
The above might not be very helpful, but I try my best I am new to this stuff... . good luck!

[rideekulous]

Registered to thank you for the info, James2k.

My Alienware M14x now at least presents it native resolution. I'll worry about getting the NVIDIA 555m chip to work another day; from what I understand it hasn't been worked through yet and damned if I'm the geek that's going to figure that out.

Kudos, sir.