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xf86-video-intel is broken.
X wont start when using ‘intel’ driver.
(Using ‘vesa’ driver I don’t have any trouble.)

mhmini:~# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | sed -n '/^Section\ \"Dev/,/EndSection/p' | egrep -v "^\ *#"
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Using a empty xorg.conf won’t make things better.

mhmini:~# grep -i intel /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[   783.813] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
[   783.813] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
[   783.813] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Controller
[   783.904] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
[   783.904] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
[   783.904] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Controller

(from redmine: issue id 479, created on 2010-11-19, closed on 2010-12-01)