Re: [arch-general] Kernel 2.6.30 on EEE and KMS

Am 15.02.2010 17:04, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:

Hello all,

I'm installing Arch on an EEE. Following the wiki, I installed from a core image which hase 2.6.30, blocked its update, and then updated all the rest.

Starting X I get this:

(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.

Does this mean I'll need 2.6.32 anyway (and hence no Wifi) or are there other solutions ?

The current intel drivers require kernel mode setting. You can activate it with 2.6.30, but I wouldn't recommend it, as it is very buggy in that old version. Put "options i915 modeset=1" into /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf and add "intel_agp i915" to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf. This will probably allow you to use X, but as I said: BUGGY.