Re: replacing intel-agp.o
I think there is an easy way is install package xserver-xorg-video-intel
from repository (testing)
This support new model VGA cards of intel
Let me know if this can help ;)
Thang Kieu
Steve Kleene wrote:
> The i810 video driver supplied with Etch isn't working too well with my
> onboard Intel 946GZ video chipset. There are errors in Xorg.0.log, Xvideo is
> not supported, and xvidtune doesn't work.
>
> I read here:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2007/01/msg00798.html
> how to patch intel-agp.c for the 946GZ chipset but don't know enough to pull
> this off. So far I have
>
> 1. downloaded the kernel source, including intel-agp.c, into a directory
> /tmp/tmp/linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/linux-2.6-2.6.18.dfsg.1
> 2. isolated the patch script from the post listed above
> 3. applied the patch manually (by inspection) to created the modified
> intel.agp.c. I got errors when I tried the patch program, which I have
> never used before.
>
> Now I'm not sure what the minimal way is to compile intel-agp.o. I don't
> want to overwrite any current system files (other than intel-agp.o). I just
> want to make intel-agp.o, put it in place, test it with modprobe, and see
> what happens.
>
> So what are the minimal commands I need to just make intel-agp.o? Do I need
> to put the whole source directory in some standard place, run make config,
> and all that? I've compiled many times over the years but have never gotten
> into kernel source before and want to be careful.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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