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Danathan
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 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: Howto: VIA MII 1000 Hardware MPEG decoding from 2 ebuilds |
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UPDATE: This method worked for me, and gets you back on official ebuilds!
Purpose: This is a quick how-to on getting hardware mpeg decoding working on a VIA Epia MII 1000 motherboard through the use of two special ebuilds. I wrote this after spending a long time trying unsuccessfully to get MythTV to use the cle266 for hardware decoding. This howto is meant to be used in conjunction with other howtos, especially the ones at epiawiki.org.
Ebuilds: The two ebuilds you'll need are a special kernel patched for VIA AGP and DRI v 2.0.0 support (this may become unnecessary once the 2.6.11 mm-sources become stable and ivtv drivers compile properly against them, but for now... these ebuilds are totally getting overlayed. Aw yeah!) and a special ebuild for xorg-x11 that includes Unichrome XvMC support (this will become unecessary once the unichrome drivers make it into an xorg release -- they're currently in the CVS tree. Unfortunately, they haven't ripened yet, so shaking the tree isn't going to work).
/usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/epia-dev-sources:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-243896-highlight-cle266.html
/usr/local/portage/x11-base/xorg-unichrome/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29.ebuild
http://check.homelinux.com/cle266/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29.ebuild
If you don't know how to use portage overlays, read this howto:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds
Switch Xorgs: Hey, you're going to run into a conflict between xorg-x11 and xorg-unichrome. You're all "what do I do?" I'll tell you what:
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# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root
# quickpkg xorg-x11
# emerge -C xorg-x11
# emerge -b xorg-unichrome
# mv /root/xorg.conf /etc/X11
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and then make sure you've got the following in your xorg.conf:
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LoadModule "dri"
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Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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Can you taste the boo-ya sauce yet? Isn't it salty?
Kernel: Okay, so now you have your epia kernel sources installed. It's time to configure and compile a new kernel! Excitement! So first change your symlink to point to the new sources.
No matter what you do, make sure that you enable AGP & the Via AGP module, and DRI and the Via Unichrome driver under DRI. Everything else is up to you, playa.
My totally awesome kernel config can be found here: http://check.homelinux.com/cle266/epia-dev-sources-2.6.9.config so if you want, you can just
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curl -O http://check.homelinux.com/cle266/epia-dev-sources-2.6.9.config
cp epia-dev-sources-2.6.9.config /usr/src/linux/.config
cd /usr/src/linux
make && make modules_install
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...and then set up grub or lilo or whatever. Are we rocking yet?
Then add "via" to your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file so that it loads on boot. I bet coldplug would take care of this, too.
Once you've installed these packages, you're done.
Restart X:When you start up X again, you should have a line in /var/log/X. that reads something like:
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(II) VIA(0): [XvMC] Initialized XvMC extension, baby.
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...it might not say "baby" though. If you don't have that line, please post any XvMC lines in the log file and I'd be happy to troubleshoot.
Emerging MythTV: Make sure that "cle266" is in your USE flags, and then emerge mythtv. I've had great success with version 0.17. Hardware decoding dropped CPU usage from about 80% to about 20-30% at the same time that it made the picture look better. Also, /dev/video0 is now my capture card, as opposed to /dev/video3, as described with the via_v4l_drv method on epiawiki.org.
Good luck,
Dan
Edits:
Feb 19, 2005: Fixed dir location of xorg-unichrome overlay.
Feb 23, 2005: Added X.org, kernel info and some lame humor.
July 19, 2005: Change methods pretty much completely.
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:22 am Post subject: |
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I'm having an issue. When I do "ebuild xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29.ebuild digest" I get this error.
mythtv xorg-unichrome # ebuild xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29.ebuild digest
!!! aux_get(): ebuild path for 'portage/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29' not specified:
!!! None
!!! aux_get(): ebuild path for 'portage/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29' not specified:
!!! None
doebuild(): aux_get() error reading portage/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29; aborting.
I'm in the dir /usr/portage/xorg-unichrome. Could that be the problem? I was a gentoo newbie when I installed this and probably just stuck my portage dir there instead of /usr/local because it sounded good. Any thoughts? |
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Gibbo592
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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Hi joey
You have to make a folder for your ebuilds i.e
#mkdir -p /usr/local/portage
Make sure you have the following in your /etc/make.conf
#PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage
Check out http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/ebuilds/ebuilds.html
hopefully that will help................. |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Okay, when I'm in the dir /usr/portage/xorg-unichrome/xorg-unichrome, It does the digest. But when I do emerge xorg-unichrome -p, it says no package exists. What am I doing wrong? |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| I tried the mkdir, but it still didn't work. I have my /etc/make.conf set up, and did everything it said on the wiki, but I still get the same errors, even when I made the dir /usr/local/portage/xorg-unichrome. |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| JoeyJoeJo wrote: | | I tried the mkdir, but it still didn't work. I have my /etc/make.conf set up, and did everything it said on the wiki, but I still get the same errors, even when I made the dir /usr/local/portage/xorg-unichrome. |
Ooops! My bad. It's b/c my instructions are slightly wrong. The actual location for the file is:
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/usr/local/portage/x11-base/xorg-unichrome/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29.ebuild
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(You need the x11-base category directory in /usr/local/portage)
Will edit above... Thanks for catching this, and sorry the problem exists. |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hey sweet, I think I've just about got it. When I try to emerge I get this.
mythtv xorg-unichrome # emerge xorg-unichrome -p
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[blocks B ] x11-base/xorg-x11 (from pkg x11-base/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29)
[ebuild U ] x11-base/opengl-update-2.0_pre5 [1.8.2]
[ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29
Is that bad, or should I just ignore it? |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| JoeyJoeJo wrote: | Hey sweet, I think I've just about got it. When I try to emerge I get this.
mythtv xorg-unichrome # emerge xorg-unichrome -p
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[blocks B ] x11-base/xorg-x11 (from pkg x11-base/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29)
[ebuild U ] x11-base/opengl-update-2.0_pre5 [1.8.2]
[ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29
Is that bad, or should I just ignore it? |
Good question! So the deal is that you're switching the package that provides virtual/x11 from xorg-x11 to xorg-unichrome.
Here's what to do:
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# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root
# quickpkg xorg-x11
# emerge -C xorg-x11
# emerge -b xorg-unichrome
# mv /root/xorg.conf /etc/X11
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Basically, you have to remove your current xorg-x11 in order to do the new emerge. Using quickpkg beforehand will ensure that you can easily restore your current xorg-x11 from a binary package, if need be. |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Alright! Barring any unforseen compile errors, all should be well. Thanks so much for your help. |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Okay, I've got another question. I've got xorg-unichrome compiled, but now how do I emerge mythtv .17? I can only get .16. Also, when I start X, I get this messege in my log. How do I make it work? Do I need to change my xorg.conf?
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mythtv root # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep DRI
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(WW) VIA(0): [XvMC] Cannot use XvMC without DRI!
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Danathan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
If you send me your entire Xorg.0.log as a PM, I'd be happy to troubleshoot it. Check for this stuff first:
shoud list "via" as one of the modules.
Also, you should have this stanza in your xorg.conf:
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Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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Let me know! |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| That could be my problem. It doesn't show that the via module is loaded, but my X log says it found it. Now for a sort of dumb question, is the via module included in xorg, or do I have to go get it from somewhere? If I do have to get it from somewhere, can you point me to a tutorial? |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| JoeyJoeJo wrote: | | That could be my problem. It doesn't show that the via module is loaded, but my X log says it found it. Now for a sort of dumb question, is the via module included in xorg, or do I have to go get it from somewhere? If I do have to get it from somewhere, can you point me to a tutorial? |
Hi, try this:
... and then restart X. That will load the kernel module; there is a separate DRI/DRM module inside X, as I understand it.
To load that automatically at boot, add "via" to your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file.
Dan |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:58 am Post subject: |
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It says it's not found. But it seems like X still finds it, but maybe I'm wrong. I have driver "via" in my config. I'll link to my X log.
http://mason.gmu.edu/~bwallen/Xorg.0.log |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Mr. Shabadoo:
I think you might be missing a couple of things in your kernel config. Here's my /usr/src/linux/.config: http://check.homelinux.com/cle266/epia-dev-sources-2.6.9.config
I think the important things for our purposes are:
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Device Drivers -->
Character Devices -->
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
<*> VIA chipset support
[*] Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
<M> Via unichrome video cards
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Can you let me know if you have that stuff enabled? |
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JoeyJoeJo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Via Unichrome Video Cards wasn't enabled. I'll recompile and post the results. Thanks for being so much of a help. |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| JoeyJoeJo wrote: | | Via Unichrome Video Cards wasn't enabled. I'll recompile and post the results. Thanks for being so much of a help. |
No problem. Please let me know how it turns out. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I think that was it. My cpu usage is now pretty low. Thanks again for the help! |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Joey! I added a bunch of the stuff that we talked about to main post up top. |
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kev82
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I get this error when trying to build the digest:
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epia xorg-unichrome # ebuild xorg-unichrome-6.8.0-r29.ebuild digest
>>> Generating digest file...
<<< eurofonts-X11.tar.bz2
<<< xfsft-encodings-0.1.tar.bz2
<<< gentoo-cursors-tad-0.3.1.tar.bz2
<<< gemini-koi8-u.tar.bz2
<<< xorg-x11-6.8.0-files-0.7.tar.bz2
<<< xorg-x11-6.8.0-patches-0.2.11.3.tar.bz2
<<< unichrome-X-r29.tar.gz
<<< XFree86-4.4-libviaXvMC-0.13.3-patch.bz2
<<< X11R6.8.0-src1.tar.gz
<<< X11R6.8.0-src2.tar.gz
<<< X11R6.8.0-src3.tar.gz
<<< X11R6.8.0-src4.tar.gz
<<< X11R6.8.0-src5.tar.gz
<<< X11R6.8.0-src6.tar.gz
!!! We have a source URI, but no file...
!!! File: /usr/portage/distfiles/X11R6.8.0-src6.tar.gz
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This bars me from emerging xorg, anyone know how I can fix that? |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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I'd try a couple of things... it looks like the problem is that the file hasn't been downloaded properly, so it can't compute the md5 sum of the file... so, I'd try:
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# ls -al /usr/portage/distfiles/X11R6.8.0-src6.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root portage 3181068 Feb 13 16:20 /usr/portage/distfiles/X11R6.8.0-src6.tar.gz
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Is that file present? Is it the right size? If not, I'd try running the ebuild ... digest command again; it should download it properly and compute the md5sum. If it can't retrieve the file, it should give you some kind of an error.
Dan |
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kev82
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I have -doc in my useflags, as soon as I did USE="doc" emerge --fetchonly xorg-unichrome and then rebuilt the digest it worked. |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: Strange Error... drmAddMap failed? |
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I'm getting this strange error. I've scoured the, um, Information Superhighway or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays, to no avail.
A bit of a background: I've attempted to get my cle266 working for some time, but it's never worked. I've tried several things mentioned on this forum and they rarely worked. One *did* work until I broke it by recompiling my kernel modules, so I gave Danathan's solution a shot, if just to avoid all the hoop-jumping.
Keep in mind I was getting this message before the upgrade as well. It's a problem with my settings or something.
Since I can't seem to attach a text file to the email (Can someone point me to the forum-howto?) here are some URLS:
http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~richard/Xorg.0.log
http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~richard/xorg.conf
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Please tell me if you need more information.
Thanks all for reading! |
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Danathan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:32 am Post subject: Re: Strange Error... drmAddMap failed? |
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| OldBob wrote: |
A bit of a background: I've attempted to get my cle266 working for some time, but it's never worked. I've tried several things mentioned on this forum and they rarely worked. One *did* work until I broke it by recompiling my kernel modules, so I gave Danathan's solution a shot, if just to avoid all the hoop-jumping.
Keep in mind I was getting this message before the upgrade as well. It's a problem with my settings or something.
Since I can't seem to attach a text file to the email (Can someone point me to the forum-howto?) here are some URLS:
http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~richard/Xorg.0.log
http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~richard/xorg.conf
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Hi OldBob,
Welcome to the Gentoo forums! Hope I can help you out. I looked through my Xorg.0.log, and the only thing I saw that was really different was that I have a couple of lines about AGP support. Can you verify that you've got the following line in your kernel config:
Also, if you're got it as a module, please make sure that it's loaded. Let me know what you find!
Thanks,
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OldBob
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:28 am Post subject: Re: Strange Error... drmAddMap failed? |
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| Danathan wrote: |
Hi OldBob,
Welcome to the Gentoo forums! Hope I can help you out. I looked through my Xorg.0.log, and the only thing I saw that was really different was that I have a couple of lines about AGP support. Can you verify that you've got the following line in your kernel config:
Also, if you're got it as a module, please make sure that it's loaded. Let me know what you find!
Thanks,
Dan |
Thank you! It's a pleasure to be here. I'm not in front of that compooper right now, but I'm certain that is compiled in. I mooched your config file, added a few more usb drivers and compiled it. I did pull a few things out, but, unless someone snuck some acid into my coffee, I sure didn't didn't pull anything named 'via' out. 
I'll double check tommorow.
I've been using Slackware Linux for the last five years, so I'm used to './configure; make; make install' I'm still getting my head around Gentoo's ebuild system. Once I do, I know I'm going to love it! For now, I'm only enamoured with it.  |
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