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-
hwinfo
18: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.386] Unique ID: _Znp.DEO8Dmi3AN5 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Intel I815" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x1132 "I815" SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company" SubDevice: pci 0x1245 Revision: 0x02 Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff (ro,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xec000000-0xec07ffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0x000c0000-0x000dffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 10 (no events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00001132sv0000103Csd00001245bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel Color Depths: 8, 16, 24 Extensions: Options: Driver Info #1: XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel 3D Support: yes Color Depths: 16 Extensions: dri Options: Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
3G cards | 33 |
Acquisition cards | 34 |
Bluetooth | 56 |
Ethernet cards | 170 |
Fingerprint readers | 11 |
Host Controllers | 170 |
Modems | 18 |
Notebooks | 785 |
Printers | 125 |
RAID adapters | 20 |
Scanners | 24 |
SD card readers | 56 |
Sound cards | 140 |
Video cards | 341 |
Webcams | 132 |
Wifi cards | 228 |
TOTAL | 2343 |