Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> John Grange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I am having some serious kernel problems in both 2.2.17-11 and
> > 2.4.0-24.. i'l start with the 2.2.17
> > I need to have agp compiled into the kernel not as a module as it is
> > very unstable as a module on my mb (ali154x)
> > when compiling in the kernel i get errors at the final link in main.o
> > about call's to to undeclared functions (agp_setup) and (agp_initialize)
> > as well as a problem with drivers/char/Makefile and
> > drivers/char/agp/Makefile
> > one the agp/Makefile creates agp.o
> > the drivers/char/Makefile looks for agpgart.o
>
> You have compiled DRM support directly in the kenrel but not the AGP
> support, what :
>
> grep -E '(AGP|DRM)' .config
>
> say ?
No I have compiled AGPgart support in the kernel and not compiled DRM at all.
(as per the instructions) DRM in kernel is outdated compared to the mods that
are provided with XFree86.
>
>
> > ok my next try after spending some time in #linux was to dl the
> > 2.4.0-test8 bziped source
>
> Did you try the hackkernel ?
Please Refer to the original msg, I have tried hackkernel,
kernel-2.2.17-source, hackkernel-source, and the bziped tar ball.
>
>
> > if you don't have a vesa fb (i compiled in matrox_fb) it barfs Aurora
> > hard to the point it would not boot till i rebooted into the rescue and
> > did an rpm -e Aurua... we need to have it fallback to normal boot if no
> > valid fb device is found!
>
> Egil ?
>
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