Created attachment 2158 [details]
this should do it

Note that this isn't really a bug.
You should have the choice between 16 & 24 in XFdrake.

Yes it is! I have only ONE choice 16, even when I had put 24 into xorg.conf.
I can only change it back to 16. I have tried it on a box without this chip.
I can only create a new xorg.conf with 16 using XFdrake. You can try it yourself.

Created attachment 2160 [details]
real fix

This one do work.

Blino, Thomas, we were previously only accepting 16bit for vesafb but now that we've more various drivers underneath, we may have to offer more depths.
WDYT?

Attachment 2158 is obsolete: 0 => 1

This attachment is 5627.diff, something about a bootloader.

Created attachment 2167 [details]
real fix

Attachment 2160 is obsolete: 0 => 1

Yes, with that fix it works!

BTW can you test using x11-driver-video-modesetting?

How do I do that?
xorg.conf:
# File generated by XFdrake (rev 262502)

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
    #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Generic"
    ModelName "Flat Panel 1920x1200"
    HorizSync 31.5-74.5
    VertRefresh 56.0-65.0
    Option "PreferredMode" "1600x1200"

    # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 74.0 kHz hsync, ratio 16/10, 94 dpi)
    ModeLine "1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 -hsync +vsync

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName "Intel Poulsbo US15W (GMA500)"
    Driver "fbdev"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection

Please never paste a file but attach one (though that's uneeded there).
Just install x11-driver-video-modesetting and replace "fbdev" by "modesetting" in xorg.conf

Created attachment 2186 [details]
.xsession-errors for Driver "modesetting"

Comment on attachment 2186 [details]
.xsession-errors for Driver "modesetting"

Cursor problem with modesetting driver

Attachment 2186 description: :q => .xsession-errors for Driver "modesetting"

Apart from an big many coloured square cursor modesetting appeared to work

I see that the DefaultColorDepth 24 has not made it into mageia-2-RC.
The DVD-i586 install works as there is no DefaultColorDepth in xorg.conf;
but KDE4-Live-i586 displays on the left part of the screen in so strange
colors that I cannot read the text. I know that this is caused by 
DefaultColorDepth 16.

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Yes, it still applies. The Mageia Control Center only allows 16-bit for fdev,
but the Intel Poulsbo US15W driver requires 24-bit depth.
Thierry Vignaud gave me a fix (attachment 2167 [details]) and it worked, but it did
not make its way into the source.

The change of fdev into modesetting nearly works,
but the cursor is missing.

Version: Cauldron => 2

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