Xorg works right away only on some select distros or the kernel compiled from source with proper settings (i assume), as the i915 driver doesn't do anything. It supports 16-bit color in vesa mode only with no acceleration.
lspci -vvnnk
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) [8086:1132] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) [103c:1245] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Region 1: Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
3G cards | 33 |
Acquisition cards | 34 |
Bluetooth | 56 |
Ethernet cards | 170 |
Fingerprint readers | 11 |
Host Controllers | 170 |
Modems | 18 |
Notebooks | 786 |
Printers | 125 |
RAID adapters | 20 |
Scanners | 24 |
SD card readers | 56 |
Sound cards | 140 |
Video cards | 341 |
Webcams | 132 |
Wifi cards | 230 |
TOTAL | 2346 |