Intel gcg 830 on Debian Squeeze

Hi folks,

trying to install an old laptop with Debian, I run into a couple of problems with its intel chipset graphics. As stated, it identifies itself as an intel 82830 CGC rev 04. When booting from Debian Squeeze,
I get no screen at all. Ok, so I deactivated modeset in grub by adding the boot parameter i915.modeset=0. Then it booted up to the desktop, where the kernel froze for a reason it was never able to tell me. Probably related to the network or the wireless chip?

I thus installed kernel 3.2.0 from Squeeze-backports. This then gave me no screen at all, probably because the intel driver requires KMS. I tried upgrading xorg and xserver-xorg-video-intel, but again, no cigar. I then removed the intel driver altogether, leaving only the vesa driver in the system, which finally gave me a desktop (and no kernel freeze).

However, what I find rather bewildering is that

*) without kms, I cannot use the intel driver, get only a console - and -
*) with kms, I get no screen, not even a console.

Kind of a deadlock situation, the system doesn't work either way. Is there any chance of getting the system to work with anything *but* the vesa xorg driver?

Greetings,
Thomas
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