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From: James Ausmus <james.ausmus@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:05:19
Message-Id: b79f23070710300658k208bc147x9f162402bf9bb2d8@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more by Benno Schulenberg
1 On 10/30/07, Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Philip Webb wrote:
3 > > The kernel is 2.6.22-r8 : I will try 2.6.23 tomorrow.
4 >
5 > No need, sorry, I was pointing you in the wrong direction. Kernel
6 > 2.6.22 already knows about 29c2 for i915.
7 >
8 > > I checked the wiki paragraph & the subdir it refers to
9 > > & the modules are already built & 'lsmod' shows them installed:
10 > > is there any sense in rebuilding them ?
11 >
12 > No. But do build the Mesa modules from git, the 1.2.2 and 1.4 part:
13 >
14 > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
15 >
16 > These three lines were added to i915/intel_context.h since 7.0.1:
17 >
18 > #define PCI_CHIP_G33_G 0x29C2
19 > #define PCI_CHIP_Q35_G 0x29B2
20 > #define PCI_CHIP_Q33_G 0x29D2
21 >
22 > So, time to install git and do a big pull. :)
23
24 You don't have to go to all that, the media-libs/mesa-7.0.1 works fine
25 *IF* you apply the attached patch (either hack the ebuild, or CTRL-Z
26 immediately after emerge gets done unpacking the source). I had the
27 same problem you did, did the Googling, found the patch, and
28 everything works fine for me now.
29
30 HTH
31
32 -James
33
34
35 >
36 > (Don't build libdrm, the x11-libs/libdrm-2.3.0 you have is fine.)
37 >
38 > Benno
39 > --
40 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
41 >
42 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] new box DRI problem : more Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>