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On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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>> >> wrote: |
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>> >>> |
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>> >>> Hi, |
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>> >>> It's been a long, long, long time since I've updated any kernels |
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>> >>> but my wife's machine finally came up for review so I got started. |
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>> >>> I've built and booted 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 but unfortunately I'm having |
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>> >>> some trouble with the video driver. Note that this machine has run |
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>> >>> Gentoo for a long time but last used a 2.6.20 kernel. |
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>> >>> When starting gdm I get a text screen telling me the X server |
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>> >>> failed and showing these messages in the Xorg log file: |
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>> >>> dragonfly ~ # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE |
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>> >>> Current Operating System: Linux dragonfly 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 #4 SMP |
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>> >>> PREEMPT Fri Nov 7 16:23:23 PST 2008 i686 |
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>> >>> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. |
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>> >>> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER |
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>> >>> (EE) Failed to load module "i810" (module does not exist, 0) |
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>> >>> (EE) No drivers available. |
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>> >>> dragonfly ~ # |
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>> >>> |
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>> >>> |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Did you do something like this?: |
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>> >> emerge x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 |
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>> >> or this: |
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>> >> add VIDEO_CARDS="i810" to make.conf |
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>> >> then emerge -DuavN xorg-x11 |
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>> > I do have the VIDEO_CARDS="i810" in make.conf but I haven't rebuilt |
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>> > xorg-x11. Is that generally required when doing a kernel change these |
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>> > days? |
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>> > I'm pretty sure the driver I loaded was from the kernel, not from X11 |
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>> > so that could easily be the problem. |
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>> > Let me work on it. |
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>> > Thanks, |
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>> > Mark |
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>> Hi Andrey, |
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>> OK, I got it going. Thanks for your help. I had to change the |
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>> VIDEO_CARDS setting to "intel", not the "i810" like it used to be, and |
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>> then emerge xorg-server. |
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>> Again, thanks for the pointer. |
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>> Cheers, |
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>> Mark |
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> Cool. Good digging around on your part! |
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Yeah. Weird stuff. I looked in the install documents where it explains |
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you have to use the VIDEO_CARDS= statement and couldn't find any |
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pointer to pages that list what video cards are supported and how to |
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get them. Eentually I just looked at the use flags for the xorg-server |
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package and found the i810 isn't there anymore so I tried the intel |
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flag and now it works. |
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It shouldn't be so random! I pity new folks coming along these days. |
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I'm not a sys admin at all. No IT degree. Don't run a Fortune 500 |
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company. Not a Comp Sci grad. I used to find what I was looking for |
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pretty quickly in the Gentoo docs but it seems harder these days. |
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Anyway, thanks SO much for pointing me in the right direction. The |
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wife has her machine back and I can sleep tonight. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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