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[Midas <m1da5@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[SOLVED] My problem was somewhat different (see below), but the solution
TJ suggested worked wonders for me. Thanks. :))

Problem: Having installed Linux Mint 9 LXDE on an elderly HP Vectra
VL400 workstation (PIII 1GHz, 512MB RAM, 20GB HDD), the graphic UI was
available, but my maximum resolution would be 800x600x60Hz and I had no
'xorg.conf' file in '/etc/X11/'. Querying with lspci returned the
following adapter identification:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset
Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02)

Thus began my two day ordeal. After searching high and low, reading
leaft and right, a lot of brow wrinkling, pencil sucking, and hair
pulling, I was exactly where I started, with zero results. I saw
elsewhere (http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1484137)
how this predicament could be solved by installing the latest libdrm,
which I did to no avail. I even tried building a new xorg.conf by hand,
and failed miserably, attesting the real depth of my noobiness. The
system wouldn't even start, so I had to launch the livecd to delete that
xorg.conf...

But eventually that was the seed for the solution: after some more
editing, including the Section "Module" suggested by TJ, I rebooted and
everything automagically worked -- without further ado, I now have
1024x768x85Hz, which is rather more bearable to work with. So here's the
healing xorg.conf:

----- xorg.conf -----

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Intel Corporation 82815 CGC"
	Driver		"intel"
#	Driver		"vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor0"
	VendorName	"DEC"
	ModelName	"VRT17-HA"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	29-82
	VertRefresh	50-150
EndSection


Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Intel Corporation 82815 CGC"
	Monitor		"Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	16
		Modes	"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Server Layout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load		"vesa"
EndSection

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532579

Title:
  [i815] Segfault in libint10 when restarting xserver or using custom xorg.conf