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Bug#467070: marked as done (Fails to detect i945GME chipset or create /dev/agpgart)

Your message dated Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:29:58 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#467070: Fails to detect i945GME chipset or create /dev/agpgart
has caused the Debian Bug report #467070,
regarding Fails to detect i945GME chipset or create /dev/agpgart
to be marked as done.

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Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Version: 2.1.0-2
Severity: important
Apologies if this bug is filed against the wrong package. I've installed KDE on an HP530 laptop, and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg says it does not recognise the video hardware (Intel 945GME Express chipset). When chosen manually the reconfiguration completes, but x does not start because /dev/agpgart does not exist.
This is a standard Lenny install on i386. The kernel image is 2.6.22, which includes both the agpgart.ko and intel_agp.ko modules. I added both to /etc/modules and added alias char-major-10-175 intel-agp to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases (as per http://downloadmirror.intel.com/13824/ENG/relnotes.txt) - now both modules are loaded automatically on booting, but /dev/agpgart still does not exist so X still does not start.
X works fine using the vesa driver, albeit much more slowly. Grateful for any help getting this driver working. 

CC
P.S. This email address is protected by a whitelist. Emails from debian.org addresses will get through, others won't. Please don't be offended - I will check this thread for replies.

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Chris Carr wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2.1.0-2
> Severity: important
>
> Apologies if this bug is filed against the wrong package. I've
> installed KDE on an HP530 laptop, and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> says it does not recognise the video hardware (Intel 945GME Express
> chipset). When chosen manually the reconfiguration completes, but x
> does not start because /dev/agpgart does not exist.

Looks like the AGP modules were not loaded or do not support your
hardware yet. You might want to try a more recent kernel and make sure
agpgart and intel_agp appear in lsmod (and check dmesg). If not, load
them with modprobe.

> I added both to /etc/modules and added alias char-major-10-175
> intel-agp to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

No need to do that. udev (or discover or whatever hardware detection
soft) should load the AGP modules by default.

> booting, but /dev/agpgart still does not exist so X still does not start.

Probably because recent intel drivers need agpgart to work. See above.

Note that reportbug would have automatically attached a lot of
information that we need to diagnose your problem... But it's pretty
clear that the problem is that your AGP modules are not loaded or your
kernel does not support your chipset yet. So I am just closing this bug.

> P.S. This email address is protected by a whitelist. Emails from
> debian.org addresses will get through, others won't. Please don't be
> offended - I will check this thread for replies.

Please don't do that. Many people take care of the Debian bugs with a
non-debian.org address. Not being able to reach you directly is a pain.
Even if you say you will check the thread, you probably won't actually
do it regularly for a long time.
And, some people may want to contact you privately in some cases too.

Brice

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