kernel 2.6.1-1.65 and VIA Apollo Pro266T AGP

[ByteEnable]

Okay, I've gotten further now.  By comparing the .99 driver to the 1.0,
I found that in the .99 driver there was a specific via_mask_memory
function.  In the 1.0 driver this was moved to
agp_generic_mask_memory().  I changed the function to behave the way the
old driver did by always: return addr |
agp_bridge->driver->masks[0].mask; .  This actually allows XFree to load
and the log states that AGP 4X is initialized.  However, GDM now states
that it cannot start the XServer and I get some printk's, then GDM asks
if I want to configure the XServer, blah, blah.  Its better than a
hang.  Any got any idea's?

Byte


On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 10:40, ByteEnable wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I get random ascii characters on the screen and the system freezes when
> using the newest NVIDIA driver (5536) and kernel 2.6.1-1.65.  The error
> happens when X tries to load.  I checked kernel.org and did not see any
> bugs in bugzilla.  However, I did find this:
> 
> http://minion.de/
> 
> "Linux 2.6 AGPGART seems to be broken on some chipsets. If you find that
> your system hangs upon starting X, potentially with ASCII garbage all
> over the screen, try the built-in NVIDIA AGP GART driver (Option "NvAgp"
> "1", AGPGART not loaded) instead."
> 
> Has anyone else see this problem?
> 
> Byte
>