Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:27:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Arjan Knepper <arjan@jak.nl> Cc: Jack Cunningham <csmjc@hawaii.rr.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AGP...?? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0106041027110.27153-100000@rac2.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <3B1B5286.4400E7C@jak.nl>
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i740 is supported in XFree86 3.3.7 and above I believe. XFree86 4.x didn't have DGA support for that card last time I checked (about 6 months ago) Ken On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Arjan Knepper wrote: > You _NEED_ to rebuild your kernel ( see the handbook ) and add the > following line: > 'device agp' > > Than everting should work. > > Be aware of the fact you might have to use XFree86-4.X. I don't know > whether or not the i740 is supportted in XFree86-3.X > > Good Luck > Arjan > > Jack Cunningham wrote: > > > Ok My first try at seeking advice/help...hope I don't screw it up...)) > > > > I have installed FreeBSD 4.2...have it running and am doing all I can > > to "Learn"...have been to the home page and read every FAC I can > > find...Found a few mention's of AGP but no howto's...... > > > > The issue..First is that I am such a "Newbie" I don't know my way > > around ..hence the Learning part. But....I have it installed and am > > logged in as user or as root and have been setting up my xwindows. The > > Graphical interface works perfectly...No problem there I can go > > thorough all the set up screens and then when I try to "startx" I get > > this error: > > > > (--) SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: Device not configured > > > > Fatal Server error: > > Aborting > > > > I checked: ls -al/dev/agpgart and got: > > > > 1 root wheel 148, 0 May 14 12:45 /dev/agpgart > > > > I am Installed on a p111 600....128 M RAM NO OTHER OS ....CLEAN > > FreeBSD.....Have a Packard Bell 1024 SVGA Monitor....The problem is > > with the video card I think...I have a Intel 3D Express AGP 4 Megs of > > Memory... It is the i740 chip set. I have selected the i740 option in > > the video chipset option when I am going through set up. Plus every > > other option(to include the AGP one offered) to see if I can get it > > going. Sigh...none of them have allowed me to get the xwindows to > > start. > > > > When I tried the: dmesg -a I got a error msg..? > > > > I then tried to load the agp kernal module by: kldload agp > > > > And now I get a different error after I try to startx: > > > > (--)SVGA: error doing ioct(GARTIOCINFO): Invalid argument > > > > Fatal Server error: > > Aborting > > > > I have tried to figure out how to "Edit/View" the agpgart dev...but > > am stuck.......I have a feeling it's because I have not learned the > > "Language" but *sigh* A newbie is, according to every e-mail I have > > seen in the -discussion -question -newbies forums are just used to > > make all the "oldies" feel bothered or start a million part thread on > > how we(newbies) don't know "any-Damn-thing " LOL Any help would be > > appreciated.......... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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