i915 and xorg - how?

stormer · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:06 am Post subject: Missing funtionality

This coul be usefull if we could attach small files to our post. Though, have you say this config works or not ? Xorg do not detect my card. That's the worst ever, I wrote a patch, other use it and it works for them but not for me. Nightmare !

I try agpgart and i915 as module, in kernel and both time Xorg did not detect my card as an i810. For kernel part agpgard detect it properly and loading i915 automaticly load drm modules, which normaly mean that it is working. Where can I get more debugging output ? We got a Linux Install Fest in Sherbrooke University this Saturday, and it would be nice if I can make this card works. Lot's of new laptop come with that sort of card, and I don't like to install vesa driver to newbee since they can't even play tuxracer.

Thanks for any help!

p.s. I'm starting to consider a difference between Celeron board and Pentium M board for Inspiron 6000.
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Klavs · Guru Joined: 22 May 2002 Posts: 536 Location: Denmark

I've put up my kernel config here: http://vsen.dk/delli6000
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stormer · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject: Sound

For sound, I use alsa with the snd_intel8x0 module. With correct modification of /etc/modules.d/alsa, every thing works great. Note that this card has only one channel, so it has to be combine with esd or artsd.
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stormer · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject: Fan control

Last night I tried i8k for fan control. Compile it in kernel, emerge i8k-tools, then try i8kctl fans - 0 to stop fan, i8kctl - 1 for half speed and i8kctl fan - 2 fo full speed. The symbole - is use because i8k was build for a two fan laptop.
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Parabola · n00b Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 54

Need X.org from CVS for i915GM support.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2617

I'm personally waiting for 6.8.3 (or whenever the patch is included in the ebuild) to give this a try again.

On the plus side, I got power management, fan control, sound, wireless (a/b/g card), etc all working. My only remaining issues were getting X working with the i810 driver, bluetooth and sleep states. Oh and my screen would never come back after shutting the lid and reopening it.
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Sejam · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 80

I've tried using the kernel config that was presented earlier and also the xorg.conf. I can get X to work with the vesa driver, but I have no luck with the i810 driver.

I'm using xorg 6.8.2-r1 and kernel linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r2. Just says it can't find hardware for the 810 driver. Anybody else have an idea?

stormer · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:56 am Post subject: I'll wait too

I'm sur there is a board difference between Pentium M and Celeron. I'll wait for 6.8.3 too, I've pass enough time on this for now. But, I'll possibly give a try to Suse Xorg sources and patches i I have time.

For backlight I have the same trouble, switching to a TTY solve the problem if I'm not using FbDev in X. I'm searching for a tool to reset the card. Then, we could call it from acpid.
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cytux · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject: Re: Missing funtionality

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Daredevil · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 71

I gotta say thanks guys. That's answered my questions about my laptop too, a Toshiba A80, which has the same chipset. Guess we'll just have to wait for 6.8.3 and then try again.
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stormer · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:18 am Post subject: It need to have difference

The motherboard cannot be the same. Celeron board have a 400 Mhz bus, and Pentium M (1.6 GHz) use 533 MHz bus. There probably is a small register difference, just enough to make autodetection fails on my version.
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Parabola · n00b Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 54

stormer · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject: Check on Intel site

On intel site, there are two boards, one fo celeron UP TO 400 Mhs FSB, and one for Pentium M UP TO 533 Mhz. This mean, the board is NOT exactly the same. I did not mean that this is why it works on Celeron and not on Pentium M, but it is probably the cause. We should all check our bios version to see if Dell wrote diffenrent Bios for these to Inspiron 6000 (note inspiron 6000d comes after I bout mine, new Inspiron 6000 is a downgrade of mine, which is nearer Inpriron 6000d but whithout the ati video card)
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Parabola · n00b Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 54

stormer · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:37 pm Post subject: Your almost right

Ok, you are right that they don't do board, but they make chipset, and they specify which max speed is to given by which chips set.
http://www.intel.com/products/notebook/chipsets/index.htm

In regard to Dell spec, i6k with Celeron have a 400MHz max front bus, this is given by 915GMS chipset. Pentium M with a least 1.6 Ghz, come with 915GM chipset.

So, you are right that it is the same video chip, but not the same PCI Express controler (This technologie is use in replacememt of AGP I think).

Now, try to build one board with two set of Chipset, and show me the price !

p.s. This is a possibly the reason why it works for one and not for other, I did not mean it is the reason.
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stormer · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject: Other

An other remark, even if there is one driver for 915* / 910, there still is switch case for each card in kernel and xorg drivers....
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stormer · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject: About i8k

i8k did not load whitout i8k.force as kernel parameter. Here is the output :

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stormer · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject: You are right

YES, it is the same video card. I know that. I just wanted you to notice that it it not the same video controller.
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stormer · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject: Pentium M version of i6000

I have the pentium M version of i6000 (not 6000d : ( ).

I think lst PCI should be the same, as it does not differentiate GM & GMS:

stormer · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: Question

A question for you, have you read first part of this post. Because I'm telling that cause one user has a working i915 videcard on kernel 2.6.11 and xorg 6.8.2, same has me. But not working for me. The only diffenrences between both is the CPU. If you have this card working, and you don't think it is because of diferrences, why don't you write a good howto that we can reproduce?

Cheers,
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Parabola · n00b Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 54

stormer · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:04 am Post subject: Good

Good!
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Klavs · Guru Joined: 22 May 2002 Posts: 536 Location: Denmark

Hi guys,

I'm sorry to see yours don't work

I'm currently working on getting ipw2200 working in adhoc-mode. Just got a patch today, which made it associate and actually send packages for up to half an hour -before dying on me. A big improvement

I'm also working on i8kutils.. wrote the author - as I can see the windows GPL code has support for Inspiron 6000 now.

Here's my info on the graphics card - and if you can tell me where I can find other info - pls. do

It's a Celeron 1.3 version (cheapest

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0188
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] #09 [2109]

0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0188
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at dff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at ec38 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at dfec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0188
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at dff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

and here it works beautifyll with i810 driver and # epm -qa | grep xorg
xorg-x11-6.8.2

ie. not -r1 - perhaps there's a diff?
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