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From: Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:04:41
Message-Id: 20071030035550.GD4632@sympatico.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more by Benno Schulenberg
1 071030 Benno Schulenberg wrote:
2 > What kernel version are you running? Try updating to the most recent.
3 > If then you still get "unrecognised deviceID 29c2",
4 > build the kernel modules from source (just the 1.7 DRM part):
5 > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
6
7 The kernel is 2.6.22-r8 : I will try 2.6.23 tomorrow.
8 I suspect the driver(s) haven't caught up with the hardware yet.
9
10 I checked the wiki paragraph & the subdir it refers to
11 & the modules are already built & 'lsmod' shows them installed:
12 is there any sense in rebuilding them ?
13
14 >> Is there any way of testing the other 3 versions in the dir,
15 >> which I listed in the previous msg (one is 'i915tex') ?
16 > There's no need. It knows which one to choose. :)
17
18 That's good to know (smile).
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Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@×××××.com>