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