[ltp] xorg + dri + X30

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:28:14 -0800, Sarvin Coachbuilder
<sarvinc@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Once again I'm turning to this group for help. I'm trying to get dri
> working with Xorg and can't seem to find the problem. I've read the dri
> how-to found at Gentoo.org but that doesn't seem relevant to xorg only
> xfree.  I'm currently running Gentoo and xorg on an IBM X30 laptop.
> 
> My kernel config looks like:
>  CONFIG_DRM=y
> # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_GAMMA is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set
> CONFIG_DRM_I810=m
> CONFIG_DRM_I830=m
> # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set
> 
> after modprobe -l I found
> /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i830.ko

you need to load agpgart and if on a 2.6. kernel, your agp chipset
driver, and then the intel drm; in your case i830.ko or i915.ko should
work as well.

> 
> In my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, if I use "i830" instead of "i810" in the
> driver section of devices kdm refuses to start. I'm not sure what the
> problem is or where to go from here. I have tried searching the mailing
> list and did find:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2004-October/020829.html
> 

i810 is the name of the 2d driver. it handles all intel i8/9xx chips. 
leave the driver set to i810 in your xorg.conf.

> but I'm not sure how that helps me.  Any help or advice would be greatly
> appreciated.

make sure you are loading the dri in the modules section of your xorg
config.  then start x.  if you still have trouble post your xorg log.

Alex

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