On 10/30/07, Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Philip Webb wrote:
> > The kernel is 2.6.22-r8 : I will try 2.6.23 tomorrow.
>
> No need, sorry, I was pointing you in the wrong direction.  Kernel
> 2.6.22 already knows about 29c2 for i915.
>
> > I checked the wiki paragraph & the subdir it refers to
> > & the modules are already built & 'lsmod' shows them installed:
> > is there any sense in rebuilding them ?
>
> No.  But do build the Mesa modules from git, the 1.2.2 and 1.4 part:
>
>   http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
>
> These three lines were added to i915/intel_context.h since 7.0.1:
>
> #define PCI_CHIP_G33_G                  0x29C2
> #define PCI_CHIP_Q35_G                  0x29B2
> #define PCI_CHIP_Q33_G                  0x29D2
>
> So, time to install git and do a big pull.  :)

You don't have to go to all that, the media-libs/mesa-7.0.1 works fine
*IF* you apply the attached patch (either hack the ebuild, or CTRL-Z
immediately after emerge gets done unpacking the source). I had the
same problem you did, did the Googling, found the patch, and
everything works fine for me now.

HTH

-James


>
> (Don't build libdrm, the x11-libs/libdrm-2.3.0 you have is fine.)
>
> Benno
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