Bug#168947: marked as done (Unable to open /dev/agpgart)
On Mit, 2002-11-13 at 20:03, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> (EE) Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
[...]
> On i810 (and i810-style) chipsets you absolutely positively have to have
> the agpgart device available, and have kernel support for it, or X will
> not work.
>
> That is because i810 chips have very little dedicated video memory.
>
> Debian kernels should have agpgart support, so all should have to do is:
>
> # makedev agpgart
>
> It is not optimal that the installer didn't do this for you.
It doesn't say 'No such file or directory' but 'No such device', meaning
the driver isn't available, i.e. the agpgart module isn't loaded or
isn't available.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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