AGPGART compile error

[Jim Cornette]

Jeffrey Mutonho wrote:
> I'm trying to install the driver for the intel i845 graphics
> controller on a RH8 machine and getting an error message that says:
> 
> Error:AGPGART module did not compile
> cp : cannot stat 'agpgart/agpgart.o'
> [drm:gdg_prob]*ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module
> 
> 
> jeff mutonho
> 
> 

What type of computer do you have? I have one that uses the i810 driver 
and would not do better than 640 x 480 before upgrading the BIOS.

Check for an upgraded BIOS. for the Dell, it was A04 BIOS.

For information regarding the i810 driver, you could type the below and 
see if this reveals any helpful information.

Regarding the i810 driver and its performance with the 845 graphics 
controller, X crashed randomly before the latest CVS version was 
released into rawhide. I ran it for a few days cycling through the 
screensavers and it ran successfully. In fact, the xscreensaver daemon 
crashed once, but X kept on going.

Related to RHL8 and it not being supported. There is a project called 
fedoralegacy which I believe is still supporting the older RHL releases. 
I think that there is a seperate mailing list to discuss concerns and 
problems relating to the non-supported earlier releases.

I hope this leads you to a resolution to the AGPGART error that you are 
having.

As a note: Newer releases for FC work decent. I am running test releases 
and FC2 now. FC1 reaches the unsupported arena shortly. You might want 
to think about starting with the FC2 release.
Also, I did an upgrade from RHL8 recently and it left all the 
redhat-config-whatever packages installed and left XFree86 installed and 
ingnored xorg-x11. The key packages are the XFree86 to xorg-x11 move and 
the redhat-config-* packages changed to system-config-*. 
redhat-config-xfree86 is now system-config-display. You might read the 
archives related to trials from RHL8 to RHL9 ... next release contained 
in the archives. Either that or try a clean installation after backing 
up your home directory and important files related to special 
configuration of devices.

Jim