Bug#236334: xserver-xfree86: agpgart doesn't work under kernel 2.6
On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 21:28, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> Christian Guggenberger wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 20:22, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> >
> >>Christian Guggenberger wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:39:49AM -0500, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Package: xserver-xfree86
> >>>>Version: 4.3.0-3
> >>>>Severity: important
> >>>>Tags: sid
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>That's not a bug in X, me thinks.
> >>>I'm guessing, that you haven't loaded your chipset specific agp module,
> >>>which in your case would be 'intel-agp'
> >>>
> >>>Starting with 2.6, there's a generic agpgart module, and several *-agp
> >>>modules for different AGP chips. YOu need to load both, before starting the
> >>>Xserver.
> >>
> >>So it seems. Thanks!
> >>
> >>But, this still leaves some problems:
> >>
> >>- The error message is not correct for linux-2.6. It's giving a very
> >>specific diagnosis of the problem that isn't correct under 2.6 (or
> >>probably, under other kernels).
> >>- The X configuarion program sets up agpgart to be loaded, but when I
> >>rerun it it doesn't set up intel-agp to be loaded.
> >>
> >
> >
> > would you send the errors you are referring to, back to this bugreport.
> > I have no idea of what error messages you're talking about...
>
> I mean the error messages from my original report. They say "make sure
> your kernel is using the agpgart module", when in fact the kernel is
> using this module and the problem is that's not enough. A better
> message might be something like "make sure your kernel is using the
> agpgart module. Under kernel 2.6 and higher, you'll need to use a
> chipset-specific AGP module as well." This would have been sufficient
> for me to find and fix the problem on my own.
>
That's a good idea, isn't it?
Branden, what do think?
Is it possible to include this in Xfree86 sources, or would it be safer,
to just put it in Debian's X faq ?
> >>Also, now X will start but the mouse doesn't work. I have no idea why
> >>this would be, and can't give any useful diagnostic information.
> >
> > okay, send the whole xfree86.log to this bug.
>
> I figured this one out: I needed to modprobe the psmouse kernel module.
> Apparently this is another linux-2.6 change. But since this module
> wasn't available, X would start normally and the mouse just wouldn't
> work. I'm not sure what X can really do about this.
>
I don't know either.
So, your System works okay now?
If so, this Bug can be closed.
- Christian
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