I am still having horrid problems with my wife's machine segfaulting when running any application using xv video. I read some posts in other forums by a couple of folks stating they had similar problems which were solved by updating a bunch of stuff, one fo them being the kernel to 2.6.29, so I'm attempting to get that working now. In the past I've generally done this by taking a copy of a recent .config file, running make oldconfig and then make && make modules_install. Unfortunately in this case when I try to boot 2.6.29-gentoo-r1 I'm left with some messages as the X server fails to get going:
X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r10 i686 Current Operating System: Linux dragonfly 2.6.29-gentoo-r1 #3 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 22 14:30:51 PDT 2009 i686 Build Date: 21 April 2009 11:18:30AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Apr 22 15:09:49 2009 (EE) Unable to locate/open config file New driver is "intel" (==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines) (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) intel(0): Failed to pin front buffer: Cannot allocate memory Fatal server error: Couldn't bind memory for BO front buffer Under 2.6.27 I get the message about the fbdev module not exiting but it doesn't cause problems. (That I know of) However with 2.6.29 I cannot start X. QUESTIONS: 1) I took fbdev to be something frame buffer oriented, but possibly it's 'front buffer' and now required? (I.e. - fbdev in make.conf...) 2) If not, then what kernel options or packages do I need to load to allow the intel driver to pin a front buffer. Thanks, Mark