Re: Can't get ATI Rage128 to work with XFree86 on Debian

["Holger Wiechert" <holger.wiechert@business-logics.de>]

Thanks for the hints.
However, I still have to struggle. Maybe someone will see,
what I'm doing wrong:

I downloaded the packages
- xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk
and
- drm-trunk-module-src

After that I went to the kernel config (make menuconfig)
of the source from the (extracted) kernel package 2.4.18
(/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/)
and set up the following things:

Character devices-->
   {*} /dev/agpgart
    selection for all chipsets (yeah, I know, but just to make sure)
   [*] Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRI support)
  --- DRM 4.1 drivers
   {*} ATI Rage 128


Finished the config.
Then:

make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
dpkg -i ../kernel_image--2.4.18_custom.2.0_i386.deb
shutdown -r now

There's something that gets my attention when making the kernel:
It says that I'm currently running a 2.4.18 kernel and the modules
under /lib/modules/2.4.18 are set up for this kernel. It is building
the new dependencies file modules.dep but it should be rebuilt after
the reboot. May this be the thing that drives me crazy?

Thanks for your help, Holger


To: Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Can't get ATI Rage128 to work with XFree86 on Debian
From: christophe barbe <christophe@cattlegrid.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:08:54 -0500
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There is two part that come from DRI:

   xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk : the xfree server

And the drm kernel module. The message you see is because the kernel
module that is shipped with the kernel is not for xfree 4.2.1.
You need to rebuild your kernel without any drm stuff and get the kernel
module source from the DRI project or by adding the following line in
your /etc/apt/sources.list :

   # Daenzer Xfree Stuff
   deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./

And get drm-trunk-module-src, then build (using kernel-package) and
install.

That said that only for the 3D part. The server alone should be enough
to get X working.

Good luck,
Christophe

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 08:55:07PM +0100, Holger Wiechert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after a hell of a time trying to get my ATI Rage 128 to work with XFree86
on
> Debian (Woody), it's time to get help from the
> outside...
> I tried the stuff recommended from
> dri.sourceforge.net (installing the xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk package).
> As I came closer, it still doesn't work.
> The current state is the error message in
> XFree86.0.log:
> (EE) R128(0): [dri] R128DRIScreenInit failed because of a version
mismatch.
> [dri] r128.o kernel module version is 2.1.6 but version 2.2 or greater is
> needed.
>
> Whatever that means. I compiled the r128.o using a 2.4.18-kernel.
Installed
> is XFree86 4.2.1.
>
> What is of version 2.1.6?
> So what the hell do I have to do to get that
> damn thing to work?
> I can live without any 3D stuff. So, if that helps....
>
> Thanks in advance, Holger
>
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