Use Intel Graphic Driver for Debian Lenny onThinkpad SL510

Thinkpad SL510 has a display adapter "mobile intel 4 series express chipset family".  Debian Lenny with kernel 2.6.26-2-686 is installed. In order to use inter driver, you need to following steps



1)Modifiy /boot/grub/menu.lst, to set vga=871.

2) Reconfigure /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the intel driver:
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Section "Device"

Identifier "Configured Video Device"

# Add this line to force the driver
Driver "intel"

EndSection
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3) Reboot

Reference:

• xrandr
• Debian on Thinkpad T400
• how to check xorg version?
• how to check glibc version?
• Howto: Build Linux Kernel Module Against Installed Kernel w/o Full Kernel Source Tree.
• Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition