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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Gene Hannan [mailto:gjhannan@×××××.com] |
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Sent: June 26, 2009 4:16 PM |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Stuck on enabling drm for xorg-server. |
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James Homuth wrote: |
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> I'm running Gentoo on a 5-year-old Presario 2200 series with onboard |
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> intel graphics card. I've managed to get everything working on it so |
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> far, with the exception of xorg+dri. I *think* I've compiled |
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> everything into the kernel that needs to be for intel's GMA graphics |
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> cards (I have an 852/855 card, if that helps you any). For testing |
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> purposes, I reboot the system, and modprobe all the modules I'm told I |
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> need to in order to get drm up and running (agpgart, intel-agp, drm, |
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> i915), but I still get "unable to open display" when I try to run |
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> glxinfo. The card itself is PCI, if that makes any kind of difference. |
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> I'm probably having an idiot moment (it *is* just now coming up on |
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> 6:00 in the morning over here), so I'm entirely open to the |
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> possibility I'm going entirely the wrong direction with this. Any |
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> pointers would be greatly appreciated. It should be noted that, per an |
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> article on the gentoo wiki archive (the only one about intel GMA cards |
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> I could find), I've compiled both AGP support as well as DRM into the |
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> kernel, the former as a module (currently loaded, along with |
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> everything else mentioned above), in spite of the fact the card itself |
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> is PCI. If you need any further info, I'll be more than happy to |
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> provide it. Thank you in advance for anything you can tell me. |
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Try kernel 2.6.28 if you are using a later one. |
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I tried 2.6.28 initially with same problem. I thought upgrading might fix |
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it. |
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