Running fedora core 2 on Intel 915 chipset
Edward
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Fri Sep 3 03:59:19 UTC 2004
Matthew Asplund wrote:
> Well, with the help of my computer guru, I found the answer. To get
> fedora core 2 running on a dell gx280 computer, I did the following:
>
> Boot the install in textmode, do the install, and when it prompts for
> a reboot at the end, use <ctrl><alt><F2> to change to a new virtual
> console. Edit /etc/inittab, and change the default run level to 3 (to
> keep it from starting X, this is not absolutely necessary, but helps).
>
> Reboot.
>
>>From here, there is an optional step. If you install the latest
> 2.6.8-521 kernel, the ethernet will work, which is some help.
>
> Install the kernel-2.6.8-521.srpm (rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.8-521.srpm),
> edit the config file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES to change the AGP-* to
> modules. Make a .gnupg directory in your home directory. Do a
> rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec to build the kernel.
> Finally do an rpm -ivh on the rpm in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686.
> Reboot.
>
> You should now have ethernet, and not have AGP installed on your machine.
>
> Download the Intel drivers from
> http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010512.htm?iid=graphics+915main&
>
> get the tar version.
>
> expand it out. comment out lines 104-106 from the file dripkg/drm/drm_vm.h
>
> and in the file dripkg/drm/Makefile.linux change line 51 from gdg.o
> and i810.o to gdg.ko and i810.ko.
>
> run the install.sh file.
>
> Finally, edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the driver from VESA
> to i81-, and you are done.
>
> I don't take all of the credit. Much of that goes to seth who figured
> most of it out. Anyway, it worked for me.
>
> matthew asplund
>
> On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:04:12 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III
> <tibbs at math.uh.edu> wrote:
>
>>>>>>>"MA" == Matthew Asplund <mattasplund at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>MA> As far as X11, no luck so far. Even with the device set for VESA
>>MA> (using a Dell 19" LCD with DVI connector) the monitor goes to
>>MA> sleep, and I get a warning saying that it cannot lock a region of
>>MA> memory.
>>
>>You could try installing the latest versions of kernel, xorg-x11,
>>hwdata and system-config-display from rawhide. I recall a notice that
>>i915 DRM made it into the newer kernels (i915.ko exists in 2.6.8-1.533
>>at least) and I'm pretty sure it's supported in the latest Xorg
>>snapshots as well.
Just a note here from me, the 915 chipset will become fairly
predominant, and this kind poster has given us the answer to what will
more than likely become a FAQ.
I know somebody on this list is looking after the FAQ, although I don't
remember your name.
Could this person please add this to the FAQ?
Regards,
Ed.
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