Fedora 2 - Intel Extreme Help

[voynitsky]

Hi people,
I've installed Fedora 2 2.6.5-1.358 on to my Dell 3000M. It has the Intel Extreme graphics, so I've downloaded the drivers from Intel. I've installed the kernel sources for the installation.

However, when I try to install the driver it moans that it can't find the agpart (or is it apgart) drivers. On further investigation the /lib/modules/...../agp/ directory is empty. The Xorg.0.log file for the X11 starting does seem to mention the apgart when it loads the existing i810 drivers. So I am guessing that the apgart is installed.

Where can I get the apgart bits from? Actually what I really need is some step by step instructions. Can anyone point me to the right place.

Thanks
James.

[voynitsky]

Hi people,
I've solved the issue, so I'm posting back in case anyone else has the same problem. Getting the solution required a LOT of googling.

In getting it resolution to work I've done a couple of things, and I'm not sure which solved the problem.

1) Check the BIOS settings for the amount of video buffer. Mine was set to 1Mb and I've changed it to 8Mb. On the Dell the option is in the "Integrated Devices" section and has 1 or 8 as the only options.

2) I installed the drivers from the Intel site. However, this wasn't quite as straightforward as it appeared. The RPM version wouldn't install and I couldn't work out why. So I downloaded the tar version where you have to run the install.sh script

However, when I ran the install script it didn't compile. In the dri.log file generated by the install.sh script it said "make: *** No rule to make target 'gdg.ko'. Stop.". So after googling a bit more I found this solution :

>>Change all file names in dripkg/drm/Makefile.linux from *.o to *.ko.
>> Then delete or deselect the part with the first use of DRM_DEBUG in dripkg/drm/drm_vm.h. (about 3 lines).

Then retry the install.sh. Mine compiled and installed cleanly. A quick restart of the X server and the new driver was installed.

Following the driver reinstall I added the following section to my xorg.conf file.

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Ta
James

[marku]

using the same macine as you with dual boot - fc2 on slave. after two nights of trying every thing in the fc bible i still have just a black screen. will keep trying. hope your notes can help me.
marku