Fedora 10: Trouble installing libdrm (2.4.4) for latest Intel driver (2.6)

[Joe Smith]

Dan,

Thanks for the info.  While I was waiting, I tried installing the latest libdrm rpm from RPM Fusion or Rawhide, not sure which.  It was tagged 2.4.3 fc11, but I have fc10.  I assumed (ha ha) this was ok because the package manager let me do it.  I know, a slippery slope.  Anyway, X didn't start after that, and I couldn't easily get it back.  So I'm reinstalling now.

So the question is, can I install rpms tagged for fc11 on fc10?  If so, then perhaps X crashed because I had partially installed libdrm 2.4.4 from source, and a conflict developed...?

In the meantime, I'll use the sites you provided.  But fc11 rpms would be easier/faster, if that's allowed!

Thanks.


--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fedora 10: Trouble installing libdrm (2.4.4) for latest Intel driver (2.6)
> To: stopads at yahoo.com
> Cc: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 1:39 PM
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Joe Smith
> <stopads at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm having trouble installing the new Intel driver
> at
> > http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2008Q4.html.
> > This is xf86-video-intel 2.6.0 for an Intel GME965
> chipset.
> > I'm running Fedora 10, 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686.
> >
> > I think it all stems from an incomplete libdrm
> installation, due to a
> > missing build directory:
> >
> > In libdrm-2.4.4 directory:
> > # more README
> >
> >     By default, libdrm and the DRM header files will
> install into
> > /usr/local/.
> >     If you want to install this DRM to replace your
> system copy, say:
> >         ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/
> >     Then,
> >         make install
> >
> >     To build the device-specific kernel modules:
> >         cd linux-core/
> >         make
> >         cp *.ko
> /lib/modules/VERSION/kernel/drivers/char/drm/
> >            (where VERSION is your kernel version:
> uname -f)
> >     Or,
> >         cd bsd-core/
> >         make
> >         copy the kernel modules to the appropriate
> place
> >
> >
> > I did part one and everything completed normally. 
> Actually, I added make to
> > the process because that's the usual order of
> operations.
> >     ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/
> >     make
> >     make install
> >
> > However, I can't do part 2 because there is no
> directory called linux-core.
> > I did see a directory called shared core.  Here's
> the listing:
> 
> The libdrm tarball doesn't contain the kernel modules.
> That README is
> more for the intention of checking out the drm git
> repository, which
> has both the library and kernel modules. It may be too late
> now, but
> you might not want to replace your system libdrm. You can
> easily stuff
> it in /usr/local or /opt or $HOME.
> 
> > I rebooted anyway (who knows?) and don't see the
> new version:
> >
> > # dmesg | grep drm
> > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
> > [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 on minor 0
> 
> If you follow the intel guide, you should install a newer
> kernel which
> has the updated drm modules.
> 
> > But I pushed ahead anyway, and tried installing the
> Intel driver:
> >
> > In xf86-video-intel-2.6.0 directory:
> > # ./configure
> > .....
> > checking for DRM... configure: error: Package
> requirements (libdrm >= 2.4.3)
> > were not met:
> > Requested 'libdrm >= 2.4.3' but version of
> libdrm is 2.4.0
> 
> The important thing is the pkgconfig file. You need to
> update the
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable to point to the
> directory where
> your freshly installed libdrm.pc is installed. Intel has a
> guide for
> building, but it has some misinformation. You might want to
> see the
> Xorg wiki, which is more in depth. Here's both pages.
> 
> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/install.html
> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/git
> 
> The bit about building lidbrm as --prefix=/usr
> --exec-prefix=/ is not
> correct. This will put the libraries and pkgconfig file in
> /lib and
> /lib/pkgconfig. pkg-config does not look there by default,
> only
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig. But, again, it would probably be better
> to just
> install the components outside of the system directories.
> 
> --
> Dan