[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #663 - 22 msgs

[Lukasz Wiechec]

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On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 05:45:37PM +1000, Chris wrote:

You *can* compile agpgart as a module. Here's output of my 'lsmod' (Thinkpad
T42p, kernel 2.6.8.1):

# lsmod

[...]
uhci_hcd               29008  0=20
usbcore               104548  5 ehci_hcd,usbhid,uhci_hcd
intel_agp              20448  1=20
agpgart                31720  1 intel_agp
joydev                  9216  0=20
mousedev                9804  1=20
[...]

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> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:20, linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org wrot=
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> You cannot compile agpgart as a module, it has to be compiled into the ke=
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> I think. also you might need support only for LX/BX/GX, I8xx, E7x05 into=
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> kernel as well, i had DRI into kernel also. with the driver under DRI you=
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> compile it as a module.
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> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I finally took some time (of my healthy sleep - gotta be up for work
> > in another four hours again :-)) to fiddle around a little more with
> > my Thinkpad X30. Finally succeeded with a stable X-Server (Xorg
> > 6.8.1.99, Build 09 October, XFree kept locking up) but still no DRI.
> > ISTR I had it working once, during the 2.4 era, so I cannot really go
> > back to that working setup...
> >
> > What I did was the following:
> >
> > - Installed Xorg
> > - Installed dri-package (snapshot from - well, it's yesterday by now :-)
> > (10-27) - Unpacked kernel (2.6.9final)
> > - Compiled kernel with agpgart as a module (support only for LX/BX/GX,
> > I8xx, E7x05), ACPI, no DRI.
> > - Rebootet, reinstalled dri-package
> > - Inserted the agpgart-module:
> > - dmesg spoke to me: "Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones"
> > - Inserted the i915-module:
> > - dmesg: "[drm:i915_fill_in_dev] *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart
> > module." - dmesg: "i915: probe of 0000:00:02.1 failed with error -22"
> > - Started the X-Server with startx which came up just fine, except for
> > dri, als glxinfo told me:
> > "name of display: :0.0
> > display: :0 =A0screen: 0
> > direct rendering: No [...]" (If there is any more interesting output
> > of glxinfo, I will happily post the entire output)
> > - and Xorg.0.log contains the entries:
> > "(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
> > (WW) I810(0): /dev/agpgart is either not available, or no memory is
> > available for allocation. =A0Using pre-allocated memory only." (entire
> > log is attached)
> >
> > /dev/agpgart exists, is root.root and 666. For the memory issue, I
> > tried turning down the ColorDepth, but with 8bpp still the same
> > problem as with 24bpp. I guess the error is already somewhere between
> > the agpgart and the i915, but I am at a complete loss concerning how
> > to find and solve that error. (except for maybe waiting for it to
> > disappear in an older/newer dri-package and/or kernel)
> >
> > If anyone of you has any idea about where to take a closer look at,
> > please be so kind and drop me a mail. Tell me about anything I could
> > have missed - it's quite some time since I recompiled XFree for the
> > nvidia-driver to work, and I've always put together what I found and
> > hoped it would work :-)
> >
> > G'Night everyone,
> >
> > Heiko Rosemann
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