intel 845g

[Chris Kassopulo]

 > Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org>  wrote:
 > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Chris Kassopulo wrote:
 > > #Section "DRI"
 > > #     Mode 0666
 > > #EndSection
 > 
 > You should uncomment this.
 > 
 
 I will if I can get the module to load.
 
 > >
 > > When dri is enabled in XF86Config, X complains
 > > on startup:
 > >
 > >     i830.o unresolved symbols
 > >         rwsem_down_write_failed
 > >         rwsem_wake
 > >         insmod i830 failed
 > 
 > Most likely because the module was compiled against a different kernel
 > than you are running.
 >
 
 No, I compiled it and the source matches the kernel - 2.4.18
  
 > > The XFree.log says:
 > >
 > >     drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
 > >                  : node name is /dev/drx/card0
 > > 		 : open result -1 (no such device)
 > > 		 : Open failed
 > >     [drm] failed to load kernel module "i830"
 > >
 > > As is, there are no errors.  Either way, X starts.
 > >
 > > Any idea what /dev/drx/card0 is ?
 > 
 > See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
 > 226 char        Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
 >                   0 = /dev/dri/card0            First graphics card
 > 
 > You need to create that device with mknod.
 > 
 
 This could be the ticket.  I'll try it and let you know.
 Thanks for the input.
 
 By the way, I glanced at some of the source code and noticed
 VA Linux in many of the comments.
 
 Chris