Re: [Dri-users] how to get dri working with i945gm

[John H. <mis...@gm...>]

thanks.  what file would i need from 7.1?  just i810_drv.so?  and let
it overwrite my current driver?

On 8/2/06, Eric Juppeaux <eri...@sa...> wrote:
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> On 8/2/06, John H. <mis...@gm...> wrote:
> > ah, xorg 7.1. fc5 still has xorg 7.  is it possible just to upgrade a
> > driver or two to get dri working until 7.1 rpms are released for fc5?
>
>
> as long as I recall xorg has been modularized since 7.0 and gentoo was able
> to upgrade only needed modules ... but have never done the process by hand
>
> > also, do you use 915resolution anymore?
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>
> I'm  afraid yes, have tried to remove it but in this case can't reach max
> native screen resolution; I understand this is because 915res is fixing a
> BIOS issue
>
> > On 8/2/06, Eric Juppeaux <eri...@sa... > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/2/06, John H. <mis...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > i have no i915_drv.so and don't know where to get one, but am i
> > > > supposed to tell xorg.conf to use i810 driver or i915 driver if i have
> > > > 945gm?
> > >
> > >
> > > the driver for i945GM is i810, you should have a section that looks
> > > something likes this in your xorg.conf:
> > >
> > > Section "Device"
> > >     Identifier "Device i945GM"
> > >     Driver "i810"
> > >     Option "DisplayInfo" "on"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > and to enable DRI, in the module section loadat least the following:
> > >
> > >     Load    "glx"
> > >     Load    "dri"
> > >
> > > it works on an inspiron 6000 (core duo i945GM) on gentoo with xorg 7.1
> > >
> > > > On 8/2/06, Richard Hebert <heb...@ea...> wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > says module does not exist ..
> > > > > Have you checked the module path in the
> > > > > xorg.conf ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ric
> > > > >
> > > > > John H. wrote:
> > > > > > Also, I tried in xorg.conf putting driver, instead of i810, to
> i910 or
> > > > > > i915(there is a /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so
> > > > > > ) but it says failed to load module, module does not exist.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 8/1/06, John H. <mis...@gm... > wrote:
> > > > > >> I have dell e1505 with intel 945gm video chipset.
> > > > > >> i read on your site I can get dri with this chipset, but glxinfo
> says
> > > I do not.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> I am using i810 driver, is there another driver I should use?   I
> > > have
> > > > > >> fc5 and X 7.0
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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