From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EBE7P-0003Xx-6w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:10:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j82G69xo031661; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:06:09 GMT Received: from smtp.ee.ethz.ch (smtp.ee.ethz.ch [129.132.2.219]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j82FvhVC016924 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:57:43 GMT Received: from localhost (tranquillity.ee.ethz.ch [129.132.2.222]) by smtp.ee.ethz.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3C9D937D for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:00:22 +0200 (MEST) Received: from smtp.ee.ethz.ch ([129.132.2.217]) by localhost (tranquillity [129.132.2.222]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 12544-02-10 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:00:22 +0200 (MEST) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (80-218-21-146.dclient.hispeed.ch [80.218.21.146]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ee.ethz.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315B7D932F for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:00:22 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <43187715.6080005@orxonox.ethz.ch> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:00:21 +0200 From: Benjamin Grauer User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050830) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerging an old kernel (but not too old) References: <20050901162726.GA7692@sympatico.ca> <43173473.8020708@planet.nl> <20050901193743.GB12762@edespot.com> <200509012324.42527.Peter.Ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> <43178CFE.7080206@planet.nl> <43185959.3080809@orxonox.ethz.ch> <43185F24.9040602@planet.nl> <43186BCE.1090208@orxonox.ethz.ch> <43186F71.1080400@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: <43186F71.1080400@planet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ee.ethz.ch X-Archives-Salt: 16d7bf26-e7e1-4d41-97fc-50c5cbda4f8a X-Archives-Hash: e48e02a462102fe515b6b95f38d68ecc Holly Bostick wrote: >Benjamin Grauer schreef: > > >>Holly Bostick wrote: >> >> >> >>>Benjamin Grauer schreef: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi there >>>> >>>>i use an ati graphicscard with fglrx, and since this f* driver >>>>does not work with 2.6.12-kernels, i wondered if i could emerge >>>>old kernels... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Yes it does work with 2.6.12 kernels.. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>not for me... same config (as in 2.6.11) leads to black screen in >>2.6.12 and all i can do then is a reboot >> >> > >That suggests that you have misconfigured something in your new kernel.... > >Do you possibly have DRI enabled in the kernel? It is on by default in a >new kernel config, but it must be turned off for the ATI drivers to work. > > > no.. >Second, did you re-emerge ati-drivers after compiling the new kernel? > > > yes >Third, is your xorg.conf set to use internal agpgart (from the fglrx >driver) or not (external agpgart from the kernel)? > > > internal/external both tested >If it is set to "no", because you need to use the kernel module, did you >also enable support for your motherboard, if a kernel module is >available for that? > > > yes enabled intel-module >What, btw, is your motherboard/chipset? And what is your ATI card, while >we're at it? Is your system 32-bit or 64-bit? > > > intel 875P (32bit) >This driver does in fact work under 2.6.12; I've been using two >different versions of the driver (8.14.13-r2 and 8.16.20) under several >2.6.12 series kernels (-r6, r9, and now -r10 as soon as I reboot), and I >know it works without 'extra' modification from what is normally >necessary to get these drivers to install properly. I haven't seen the >'black screen on boot' issue since before we went to the new numbering >system (or shortly after we went to the new numbering system; in any >case, it's been so long that I don't even remember exactly when it >stopped in terms of it being a driver problem, rather than an error on >my part). > > > so i think it is my fault, but do not know exactly >Holly > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list