Intel G965, Xorg7.1 and i810 driver

[Stefan Dirsch]

Hi

You need kernel 2.6.19 or a backport from 2.6.19 of the intel-agp
module.

Best regards,
Stefan

On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:48:33AM +0200, Luca Dionisi wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I was not able to make Xorg 7.1 work with the i810 driver
> in a G965 chipset.
> 
> I use a Linux From Scratch system.
> 
> I've built a 2.6.18.1 kernel, with:
> - modules support
> 
> - /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) as a module
> - Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
> 
> - Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher
>      DRI support) as a module
> - Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G
>  - i915 driver
> 
> in graphics support:
> - Intel 810/815 support (EXPERIMENTAL) (as i810fb
>     module)
> - Intel 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G support
>    (EXPERIMENTAL) (as intelfb module)
> 
> When I boot, dmesg has no lines about agpgart.
> If I do "modprobe agpgart" it says:
>      Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
> But then, anyway, there isn't the file /dev/agpgart.
> 
> 
> I've built Xorg following the BLFS instructions:
> Xorg proto
> Xorg utils
> Xorg lib
> Xbitmaps
> libdrm
> MesaLib 6.5
> Xorg app
> Xorg data
> Xorg fonts
> luit
> Xorg xserver
> Xorg drivers
> 
> Then I upgraded to driver i810 version 1.7.2
> 
> When I start X in 1280x1024 it fails, with this messages
> (among others) in the log:
> ...
> (--) Chipset 965G found
> ...
> (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart
>    (No such file or directory)
> (WW) I810(0): /dev/agpgart is either not available, or no
>    memory is available
> for allocation.  Using pre-allocated memory only.
> (--) I810(0): Pre-allocated VideoRAM: 7676 kByte
> (--) I810(0): VideoRAM: 7676 kByte
> ...
> (EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer.
>     Is your VideoRAM set too low ??
> 
> 
> If I try with 800x600 it works. DRI is not working
> neither at 800x600, but that's another problem.

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