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creighto@××××××.org wrote: |
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>Okay, let's start over. I have only posted the first post of this thread, |
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>but I would say that all off the noise may imply that I am not alone here. |
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>-I have a working setup in 2.4, less so now than before, but xorg does |
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>still work. |
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>-in 2.6, xorg will break and complain that /dev/agpgart does not exist. |
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Check /etc/udev/50-udev.rules. You should have a line that says: |
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KERNEL="agpgart", NAME="misc/%k", SYMLINK="%k" |
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A quick explanation of how udev works may help you find the real problem |
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here: |
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For drivers compiled into the kernel, their device nodes get created either: |
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1. permanently by creating the device nodes manually and using the |
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tarball feature in /etc/conf.d/rc |
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2. When udevstart is executed by /sbin/rc during startup |
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For modules, the device nodes are created when the kernel runs |
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/sbin/udevsend when the module is loaded. You *must* have hotplug |
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support in the kernel for this though. |
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You can cause udev to generate debug messages by setting "udev_log = 7" |
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in /etc/udev/udev.conf. The debug output goes to /var/log/messages. |
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>-genkernel --udev --menuconfig all will not show me an option that refers |
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>to AGP anything, is this a bus? |
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Well, in the normal kernel configuration, It is under "Device |
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drivers->Character devices->/dev/apgart". |
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You need both AGPGART and the chipset specific driver. For example, my |
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config has: |
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carcharias linux # grep AGP /usr/src/linux/.config |
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CONFIG_AGP=y |
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# CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_ATI is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_AMD64 is not set |
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CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y |
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# CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set |
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# CONFIG_AGP_EFFICEON is not set |
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>-I tried compiling the kernel directly once and got a kernel panic, I |
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>don't remember if AGP was mentioned in that case. |
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Most common cause of this is not compiling the required drivers for your |
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root filesystem (disk and filesystem drivers) into your kernel. Such |
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drivers cannot be modules without a great deal of effort. |
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-Richard |
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