I remember having real problems with the i810 chipset... not one of Intels best. ISTR loading a few patches to fix it. However I *thought* this was in an early 2.4 kernel, and they were fixed later. However, as there are a few options in knoppix, and you now have the CD, and the weather's not too good atm, try this...
Instead of letting the system boot up all by itself, start typing at the : prompt when it appears at the bottom left... knoppix26 xmodule=i810 xvrefresh=60 and, as long as the wind is from the southeast, it should work. Otherwise, I reckon we may be seeing you on the 1st. Cheers, Steve On Mon, November 29, 2004 8:01 am, Nick Rout said: > On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 23:13 +1300, motivated wrote: >> It seems the problem is: >> [drm:drm-init] #error# cannot initialize the agppart module >> >> I've done a search (nothing in google) web-ferret gives me a mountain of >> listings but sadly I have no idea what they are on about or how to fix >> it. >> From what I have read it would appear that it is because it is trying to >> load things in an incorrect order. > > > I had this problem with an i810 chipset - and google found the answer. > what is your google search? Unfortunately the machine I fixed it on no > longer runs linux, so I cannot quickly answer the question. > > However of you had run the lspci command, as had been sugggested to you, > we might have honed in to the problem earlier. I could come round some > time and see if i can find the answer. Tell me do you have another > computer so we can search on google while we try and fix the linux one? > > Oh and also, why not take the opportunity to explore the command line > until we get X running. Reinstalling a dozen times will not fix the > problem. Typing a few questions on the command line will get you off to > a good start. > >> >> This can be fixed by making changes to a conf file but thats about all I >> understand. >> >> Nick, I'm sorry if I frustrated you. I thought I had followed your >> instructions which I thought were in 2 parts. >> Try this......... >> if that works do this.... which I believed at the time I did. I thought >> I >> reported back an error. >> OR >> try this >> > > Actually I gave you the exact things to type and report back, not sure > how much more anyone can do but tell you what to type, and what to > expect, and what to report. I assume you _can_ use a keyboard :-) > >> Problem is you ask me to do things I have NO idea how to do. I've only >> been >> playing with Linux for 24 hrs. If you are also coming from 24 hrs >> experience >> I guess I can understand your frustration at my ignorance, but if your >> experience goes beyond 24 hrs hows about you cut me some slack, remember >> I'm >> a newbie (5 yrs on a comp total) and give me clear instructions a newbie >> can >> follow. Please remember, I didn't even know what to do at the prompt. >> >> And I do sincerely appreciate you taking the time to help. I'm not >> trying to >> waste your time or mine, I want this thing running more than you do even >> if >> that is hard to believe at this point. >> >> And I do understand your frustration so.......sincerely Thankyou. >> >> Regards Kelvyn. >> > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off
