I don't have XF4.x. I feel with dialup, it will be difficult to d/l it.
I read in archives of debian user list, that kernel 2.2 18pre kernel
agpgart is not working. They have down graded to lower kernel 2.2.17.
Its agpgart is supposed to work. But in configuring I didn't find any
agpgart.
Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
>
> L.V.Gandhi saw fit to inform me that:
> >Anand Biligiri S wrote:
> >> I am able to run X on Debian. Sound is also working. I am using the stock
> >> kernel. I upgraded to XFree 4. Have you tried with XF-4 ?
> >I am also able to run X on debian with some other graphics card. But in
> >i810, so far I couldn't succeed. I tried with XF86_SVGA driver that came
> >with debian and its own agpgart. It didn't succeed. Then I tried
> >XFCom_SIS. Still not solved. Then I read somewhere that with kernel
> >2.2.17 and its agpgart and SVGA server works. I tried compile a new
> >kernel 2.2.17. While compiling I couldn't see anywhere option for
> >agpgart. Can anybody throw some light which option compiles agpgart
> >along with kernel. I used make menuconfig fro configuring. If anybody is
> >successful kindly let me know.
>
> I am using XFree 4 without any problems on Debian :-)
>
> Not tried with the default kernel given with the distro though. I am on
> Kernel 2.4.1 compiled on my machine with agpgart support (i810). There
> is option for agpgart module support.
>
> In my .config file the relevant section is :
> ---------------------------------------------------
> #
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
> CONFIG_AGP=m
> # CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
> CONFIG_AGP_I810=y
> # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
> # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
> CONFIG_DRM=y
> # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_GAMMA is not set
> # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
> CONFIG_DRM_I810=m
> # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_SERIAL=y
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Select character devices option after doing make menuconfig. You will find
> all the i810 and agpgart options there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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