Re: Core 2 Duo upgrade => Debian Etch stuck in initramfs shell
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 09:52:27 -0600, Anson Gardner wrote:
> Unfortunately, I've got the same problem. Video works ok using the vesa
> driver, but using the i810 I get the same results. My output to the requested
> commands are listed below:
>
> >>On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 15:29:23 +0200, Richard in Paris wrote:
[...]
> >> (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
> >> (EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your videoRAM set too
> >>low??
> >> Fatal server error:
> >> AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
> >> XIO: fatal error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0
> >>requests...
> >> And in the X log i found this:
> >> (WW) I810: Bad V_BIOS checksum
> >>
> >> After hours in google, I added two modules to /etc/modules:
> >> intel-agp and agpgart
> >> An lsmod gives this for these modules:
> >> intel_agp 22940 0
> >> agpgart 34888 1
> >>
> >> I also reconfigured X after the X corruption.
> >> In xorg.conf I have i810.
> >> I tried to add an option for agp, for VideoRam, and a few other things,
> >> but I still cannot get into X, i do not even reach the X login.
> >> Now what more can I do?
> >
> >Provide the necessary information about your system, otherwise we cannot
> >help you. Please post the output of the following three commands:
> >
> >lspci | egrep -i "vga|video|display"
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 946GZ/GL Integrated
> Graphics Controller (rev 02)
>
> >egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[...]
> (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
> (WW) I810(0): /dev/agpgart is either not available, or no memory is available
> (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f64 not supported.
[ snip: this warning is repeated 7 times ]
> (WW) I810(0): config file hsync range 28-33kHz not within DDC hsync range
> 30-81kHz
> (WW) I810(0): config file vrefresh range 43-72Hz not within DDC vrefresh range
> 56-75Hz
> (WW) (1600x1200,SyncMaster) mode clock 175.5MHz exceeds DDC maximum 140MHz
> (WW) (1600x1200,SyncMaster) mode clock 189MHz exceeds DDC maximum 140MHz
> (WW) (1600x1200,SyncMaster) mode clock 202.5MHz exceeds DDC maximum 140MHz
> (WW) (1600x1200,SyncMaster) mode clock 229.5MHz exceeds DDC maximum 140MHz
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> (EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too low ??
>
> >awk '/Section "Device"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> Driver "i810"
> # Driver "vesa"
> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
> EndSection
>
> Note that I do get video when using the vesa driver. It's just slow :-(
I checked in my 2.6.18 kernel sources and they only support Intel chips
up to the 945 family according to the documentation of the modules
intel_agp and drm_i915. I did not find any mention of the 946/964 driver
in the changelog for the upcoming 2.6.19 kernel.
I am not sure about the status on freedesktop.org:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Intel
(What does "includes 950" mean? I cannot find a 950 chipset on the Intel
driver page. 946 < 950, but do they really mean that?)
It seems to me that at the moment you have to either use the vesa driver
or compile the newest Intel modules from CVS:
http://intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation.html
http://intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html
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Regards,
Florian
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