Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Zach Walters wrote: > > > Ok, I'm totally stumped. I installed XFree86 4.3.0 on linux kernel > > 2.2.14. I ran 'XFree86 -configure' creating /root/XF86Config.new. I ran > > 'XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new' to test the server and it > > crashes saying no screens were found. /var/log/XFree86.0.log shows a > > number of errors including: > > > > (WW) xf86AcquireGART: AGPIOC_ACQUIRE failed (Inappropriate ioctl for > > device) > > (EE) GARTInit: AGPIOC_INFO failed (Inappropriate ioctl for device) > > (EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available. Make sure your kernel > > has > > agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded. > > > > and: > > > > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > > > and then the fatal error: no screens found. > > > > Now this whole business about inappropriate ioctl makes me nervous. > > Probably because I know very little about the mechanics of ioctl. This > > *is* the system call that we are talking about, right? Why would it > > fail? Wrong version maybe? Is the kernel at fault, old version that > > doesn't support some new ioctl thing-a-ma-bob. A bug in AGP GART? AGP > > GART is in fact installed as a module. However this is not a fatal error > > and maybe I can still run X without this AGP GART stuff. > > It is saying that the agpgart kernel module is not loaded. > > The i810 driver *does not work* without the agpgart module > (the chip needs to access system memory for the framebuffer). > > Check in /proc/modules that agpgart is loaded. > I have > alias char-major-10-175 agpgart > in /etc/modules.conf (you may need to run depmod for the changes to take > effect) to ensure that the kernel loads the module when XFree86 tries to > access /dev/agpgart > > Don't bother trying DRI with XFree86 4.3 and a 2.2.x kernel, > i810.o wont compile. > > -- > Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
My /proc/modules contains: agpgart 4464 0 (unused) and my /etc/modules.conf: # I810 graphics: alias char-major-10-175 agpgart If the i810 needs agpgart to access system memory then the failure to acquire and initialize agpgart is obvious the source of the server crash. However, the results of lsmod, and the contents of the files mentioned above suggest that the module *is* loaded. So why can't X acquire and initialize agpgart? It isn't because I am using linux kernel 2.2 with XFree86 4.3, is it? Still very confused, Zach _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
