On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:49:18PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> ok, then you must have CONFIG_AGP=y
I do - not voluntary however. For some mysterious reason I am
unable to set it to n or m. I am also not able to set CONFIG_AGP_INTEL
to n, only to y or m.
(using make 'menuconfig' for example).
> > $ find /lib/modules -name 'agpgart.ko'
> > $ /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64 -name '*agp*.ko'
> > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/sis-agp.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/via-agp.ko
> >
> > 2)
> >
> > $ strings /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc5-master-188e1f81ba31af1b65a2f3611df4c670b092bbac-amd64/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko | grep 'agpgart: Detected an Intel'
> > <6>agpgart: Detected an Intel %s Chipset.
> >
> > Hence, in the case that the kernel works, intel-agp is loaded
> > WITHOUT printing this Detected line
>
> That doesn't make much sense. The hardware doesn't change between
> a working & not-working kernel, and somehow the PCI probing fails.
> Hmm, do you have CONFIG_EDAC set ?
CONFIG_EDAC=m
$ lsmod | grep edac
$
> There's an outstanding bug (well, lack of feature) , where it claims
> the PCI device before AGP gets a chance to.
> This is unrelated to your hang however, but would at least explain
> the inconsistent probing.
>
> > Perhaps my "solution" is to remove this module completely?
> > I don't seem to need it.
>
> It's needed only for 3d,
Nope - I just played UT2004 without problems, and without intel-agp loaded.
> but it'd be good to figure out why its so
> broken on your system, even if you don't need it.
Please tell me what to do / try.
I'm an experienced coder - but I never really played with the
kernel before - so you'll have to spell out how to turn on debugging etc.
--
Carlo Wood <[email protected]>
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