Matthew Asplund wrote:
Well, with the help of my computer guru, I found the answer. To get fedora core 2 running on a dell gx280 computer, I did the following:
Boot the install in textmode, do the install, and when it prompts for a reboot at the end, use <ctrl><alt><F2> to change to a new virtual console. Edit /etc/inittab, and change the default run level to 3 (to keep it from starting X, this is not absolutely necessary, but helps).
Reboot.
From here, there is an optional step. If you install the latest2.6.8-521 kernel, the ethernet will work, which is some help.
Install the kernel-2.6.8-521.srpm (rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.8-521.srpm),
edit the config file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES to change the AGP-* to
modules. Make a .gnupg directory in your home directory. Do a
rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec to build the kernel. Finally do an rpm -ivh on the rpm in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686. Reboot.
You should now have ethernet, and not have AGP installed on your machine.
Download the Intel drivers from http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010512.htm?iid=graphics+915main&;
get the tar version.
expand it out. comment out lines 104-106 from the file dripkg/drm/drm_vm.h
and in the file dripkg/drm/Makefile.linux change line 51 from gdg.o and i810.o to gdg.ko and i810.ko.
run the install.sh file.
Finally, edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the driver from VESA to i81-, and you are done.
I don't take all of the credit. Much of that goes to seth who figured most of it out. Anyway, it worked for me.
matthew asplund
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:04:12 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"MA" == Matthew Asplund <mattasplund@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
MA> As far as X11, no luck so far. Even with the device set for VESA MA> (using a Dell 19" LCD with DVI connector) the monitor goes to MA> sleep, and I get a warning saying that it cannot lock a region of MA> memory.
You could try installing the latest versions of kernel, xorg-x11, hwdata and system-config-display from rawhide. I recall a notice that i915 DRM made it into the newer kernels (i915.ko exists in 2.6.8-1.533 at least) and I'm pretty sure it's supported in the latest Xorg snapshots as well.
Just a note here from me, the 915 chipset will become fairly predominant, and this kind poster has given us the answer to what will more than likely become a FAQ.
I know somebody on this list is looking after the FAQ, although I don't remember your name.
Could this person please add this to the FAQ?
Regards, Ed.
