DONE: i915, xinit: Xfree86 4.5 giving errors
I got X working! BTW, I did a fresh install of Sarge before
starting this.
For people still struggling with how to get X working
with Debian Sarge on i915, here's how I went about it.
See if it rings any bells.
1. If you have i915, you probably will have SATA HDD, so install
kernel 2.6, default installation will NOT install kernel 2.6.
Type linux26 when installation prompt appears.
2. Get the sources for latest 2.6.x kernel (2.6.11, in my case),
compile it and install it.
[http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.11.tar.bz2]
3. Boot into this new kernel.
4. Get the sources for XFree 4.5.0. Build (hell, it takes about
an hour and unending dependencies to get it built!) and install
it. This might not be necessary, but this just what I did.
You might want try skipping this step.
[ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.5.0/source/]
5. Get the xfree 4.5.0 debian packages from this site:
http://ftp.fifi.org/debian-local/stable/unofficial/xfree86-4.5.0/
Install every single .deb you have, again, might not be necessary,
don't know for sure.
6. Now comes the most tricky part...
No readmes or files called install.sh, or alike.
A file called 'rules' caught my attention.
When I opened it, I found following shebang:
#!/usr/bin/make -f
WTF!!! And some commands that looked like setting up things to
get going! How on earth are we supposed to GUESS that a file
called rules is to be used for installation!
Execute it nonetheless!
7. dpkg-reconfigure for xserver-common & xserver-xfree86 got
things rolling. Another trick is that you won't find i915 in
cards list yet. So select i810 and go ahead.
Regards,
Atul P Talesara
http://the-shaolin.blogspot.com/
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-----Original Message-----
From: Atul Talesara
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:12 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: i915, xinit: Xfree86 4.5 giving errors
Hello folks,
I'm trying HARD to get my X working on Debian Sarge
on Intel 915G mobo (i915 chipset). I've upgraded to kernel
2.6.11, which has support for i915 (i915.ko is indeed present
after kernel compilation). I checked out the XFree86 4.5
sources and managed to compile it (after AN effort). But
xinit just refuses to start and keeps throwing this error:
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Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o":
No symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o":
No symbols found
Skipping
"/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o": No
symbols found
Skipping
"/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o": No
symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No
symbols found
(EE) LoadModule: Module i915 does not have a i915ModuleData data object.
(EE) Failed to load module "i915" (invalid module, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
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I know you might want to look at my XF86Config file, it's not
available with me right away. But I thought if someone already
has an insight into this problem might solve it without config
file details.
Something I've obviously goofed up??? BTW, google'ing for
'i915ModuleData' reveals nothing :-(
In case this helps ...
/var/log/XFree86.0.log claims error is spitted by:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 20040928112350
fabbione@fabbione.net)
In spite of the fact I 'make install' ed XFree86 4.5.
___I'm stumped___!!!
Regards,
Atul P Talesara
http://the-shaolin.blogspot.com/
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