Running fedora core 2 on Intel 915 chipset

[Edward]

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.