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>>> Could this be the problem? |
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>>> # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
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>>> (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0) |
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>>> (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) |
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>>> (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or |
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>>> directory |
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>>> (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master. |
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>>> (EE) intel(0): Failed to initialize kernel memory manager |
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>> The first two errors are fine; Xorg defaults to trying vesa and fbdev as |
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>> display drivers and you just don't have them. |
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>> |
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>> The last three are your problem. The intel video driver is unable to |
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>> properly access the DRM subsystem, which will definitely cause X to slow |
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>> to a crawl. |
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>> |
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>> The most likely cause of your errors is that the intel AGP driver (i810 |
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>> or i915, depending on your hardware) isn't getting loaded. If that's |
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>> the case, you should see an error such as: |
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>> |
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>> [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915" |
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>> in Xorg.0.log just before the ones from intel. If the modules are being |
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>> loaded, you'll likely see some other errors around that same area. The |
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>> aren't tagged with (EE), unfortunately; try: |
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>> |
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>> # grep -5 'Failed to open DRM' Xorg.0.log |
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>> |
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>> You can also check your dmesg output to see if the devices are being |
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>> initialized properly: |
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>> |
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>> platypus log # dmesg | grep agp |
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>> Linux agpgart interface v0.103 |
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>> agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 965GM Chipset |
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>> agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7676K stolen memory |
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>> agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000 |
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>> |
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>> platypus log # dmesg | grep drm |
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>> [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 |
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>> [drm] set up 7M of stolen space |
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>> [drm] initialized overlay support |
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>> fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device |
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>> [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 |
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>> If everything's working, you should have the following devices that the |
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>> Xorg driver needs: |
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>> |
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>> platypus log # ls -l /dev/dri |
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>> total 0 |
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>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 0 Apr 20 13:11 card0 |
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>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 64 Apr 20 13:11 controlD64 |
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> Ah, thank you so much. I needed to enable CONFIG_DRM_I915 in the kernel. |
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> - Grant |
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Strangely, now my laptop's brightness adjustment doesn't work via the |
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keyboard shortcuts. Any ideas on that? |
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- Grant |
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