Trouble getting DRI to Work with ATI Rage 128

[franck <f.routier@wanadoo.fr>]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to get XFree 4.0.2 DRI work on my Debian Testing box.
My video card is an ATI Rage Fury (Rage 128 with 32MB).
I run kernel 2.4.0-test11, and installed XFree 4.0.2 from debs (I managed
to find out
I have to use ati and no more r128 out of the list, thanx !).

For DRI, I followed carrefully the instructions on www.xfree.org, but with
no success,
as glxinfo always says 'Mesa GLX Indirect'.

I think the problem commes from the kernel modules 'agp/agpgart.o' et
'drm/r128.o' :

I first made this modules part of my kernel, but as the docs talks of
'modules' and
the xfree DRI troubleshooting section says to check if the are loaded with
lsmod,
I then build them as modules.
And indeed, when I do a lsmod, agpgart nor r128 appear in the list (I'm not
sure of
my english : I mean they DON'T appear !).
If I try modprobe r128 or modprobe agpgart, I get this messages :

/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.o: init_module:
Cannot allocate memory
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/drm/r128.o: insmod r128
failed

and

/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: init_module:
No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o: insmod agpgart
failed

So I don't pass the first troubleshooting step :-(
I tried modconf (just in case), but the modules don't appear... maybe it
has to do with 
/etc/modules.conf ? (which I don't really understand, I can't give a clue
on
what char-major and so are...).

Has anyone an idea about what I should do ?

Thanx in advance,

Franck Routier


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