Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:38:26 -0400 From: "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com> To: spreng@insomniac.ch Cc: jfoobar1@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie Message-ID: <1034858306.2d7a3fc0jud@myrealbox.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Spreng <spreng@insomniac.ch> To: "J. Foobar" <jfoobar1@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:27:30 +0200 Subject: Re: X problems, please advise helpless newbie On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 01:24:43AM -0700, J. Foobar wrote: > I have been unable to get X to start successfully.=20 > Hopefully I am overlooking something stupid. >=20 > FreeBSD 4.6.2 on an Intel machine >=20 > My graphics card is an Intel 82845G/GL. I searched > for info on the Intel site and it mentioned that this > card is in the i810 class. >=20 > >From my XF86Config file: > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "i810" > Chipset "i810" > Card "Intel i810" > End Section >=20 > I have added the agp_load=3D"YES" line to > /boot/loader.conf and /dev/agpgart exists. >=20 > 'startx' returns the following: >=20 > -------------------------------- > (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (Device not > configured) > (EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available. Make > sure your kernel has agpgart support or that the > agpgart kernel module is loaded. > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable > configuration. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > have you checked for agpgard support in your kernel as mentioned above in the startx output? ************************************************** ************************************************** Add the following to your kernel - device agp You can add some comments if you like - # Video device agp #Graphics card Then recompile your kernel. If it still doesn't work, I guess something else is borked. I usually have my best success configuring X using the old-fashioned xf86config command and working through the subsequent question-and-answer. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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