Bug#236334: xserver-xfree86: agpgart doesn't work under kernel 2.6
On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 22:23, Branden Robinson wrote:
> retitle 236334 xserver-xfree86: [i810] driver needs better agpgart error message for Linux 2.6 users
> severity 236334 minor
> tag 236334 + upstream patch
> thanks
>
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 10:01:50PM +0100, Christian Guggenberger wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 21:28, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> > > 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 ?
>
> People don't read the FAQ. Better to improve the driver's error
> message.
>
> Any comments on the attached patch? It would be nice if someone would
> apply this patch and test it -- as you'll recall, I don't have easy
> access to an x86 box for build testing.
you might want to improve the patch a little bit - we definitly have an
intel agp chip, so print out the actual name of the chipset specific agp
module in linux-2.6, too : intel-agp.ko
- Christian
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