Re: xfree 3.3.6 + agpgart.o != i810 ??
nate Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 9:55 AM
> <quote who="Dr. Sachin Kale">
> > Hello all,
> >
> > On debian potato 2.2 r5, xfree version is 3.3.6, which
> > doesnt support i810 mobo by default. Intel provides a driver
called
> > agpgart.o. Which I have installed, after compileing from source.(
>
> hi
>
> while its been more then 2 years since ive had to use i810 i still
> feel the pain from when i did.
>
> the surefire way to get it working under xfree 3.3.6(100% success
> for me), was to download the Xfree 3.3.6 source and compile the
> agpgart module contained within the source. at the time, intel's
driver
> nor the agpgart driver in the kernel, nor another 3rd party agpgart
> worked with xfree 3.x on i810 for me.
>
> the module is buried deep within the tree and i don't believe it
> is compiled by default when you normally compile Xfree with 'make
world',
> so do a find . -name "agpg*" in the tree to find it. you should
> not have to recompile xfree itself, the module should be all thats
> needed, copy it to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ (or somewhere
> else that you like) and load it, X should respond after that.
>
> this worked for me both on debian 2.2(potato) and debian slink(2.1)
>
Thanks nate,
I will try to get the source somehow.. ( problem is winmodem)
Sachin
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