RE: Intel 845

I built CVS and it works here. I did delete my old install before I
installed the new X :-)

Anyways, it's supposed to use the 810 driver... 

Oh, I have DRI and GLX disabled btw. X version is 4.2.99-2 or something

regards

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Daryl Lee [mailto:[email protected]] 
Verzonden: zaterdag 30 november 2002 3:37
Aan: [email protected]
Onderwerp: Re: [Newbie]Intel 845


Well, after all that, it still doesn't work.  But the good news is that
the new code gives me a decent diagnostic when "startx" fails.  It tells
me the BIOS only supports 640x480 mode.  I had encountered another site
that told me to change the BIOS parameter to allocate 8MB for video, but
the BIOS doesn't have that function at all.  Since a new video card is
likely to be cheaper than a new BIOS, it looks like that's the only
reasonable direction left to go.

Thanks for the try.

On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:00:07PM -0500, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> this is good the blind leading the blind.... I just installed RH 
> version then just installed the version I built.  it appeared as if
all the
> important directories were overwritten with the new version and
everything 
> worked.
> 
> > 
> > (There's a reason I joined the "newbie" list. :) )
> > 
> > Although I have no fear of building from a CVS checkout, I have had 
> > enough experience doing that that I do have a couple of questions.  
> > Since this is a Redhat new install, all the X stuff exists as 
> > RPM-installed stuff.  I just did "rpm -qa | grep XFree86" and got a 
> > long list of packages.  In a simple case, I would delete the 
> > existing package so there wouldn't be any collisions caused by the 
> > new one.  This seems like a pretty complex issue in XFree86's case.

> > Do you have any suggestions for me?
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:52:54PM -0500, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> > > the answer is upgrade the X software. Pull the X software that is 
> > > available via the CVS tree.  If you have all the required 
> > > libraries loaded you should be able to just do a "make World"
> > > 
> > > Jeff
> > > > 
> > > > I have a brand-new Dell Dimension 2300 with a brand-new install 
> > > > of RedHat 8.0, and I cannot get X running.  The video is an 
> > > > Intel 845 with 32MB of RAM, and the monitor is a KDS VS-70.  I 
> > > > have tried every combination of video driver and monitor 
> > > > selection that remotely makes sense.
> > > > 
> > > > The xf86config selector gives the 845 as an option, then tells 
> > > > me it's using an i810 driver.  I notice that the resulting 
> > > > XF86Config file has the VideoRam entry commented out.  I holds 
> > > > the value I entered, but since it's commented out, it's kind of 
> > > > pointless.
> > > > 
> > > > Intel's support site recommends using the vesa driver, and I've 
> > > > tried that.
> > > > 
> > > > When I run redhat-config-xfree86, it fails, with a report from 
> > > > ddcprobe that invalid data is returned, but when I run ddcprobe 
> > > > manually, it reports everything correctly, except that it thinks

> > > > I have 0 bytes of video ram.
> > > > 
> > > > Any help will be appreciated, even if only that my next step is 
> > > > popping $40 for a video card.
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