ATI 9700 Pro + AGP KT400

BakaO · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 74

Hello,
I don't want to bother you, but i really don't knox what to do, i got a Ati Radeon 9700 pro with a KT400 (AhtlonXP)

I read somewhere, i have to enable agpgart in kernel and emerge xfree-drm, but when i try 'insmod agpgart' it returns me "init_module : Invalid argument"

Somewhere else, i found someone who only enable agp in kernel, and replace agpgart with agp in ati driver, so how can i do that ???

If someone who got the same hardware can tell me what i have to do, it will be very great for me.

Thanks for all.

J.M.I.T. · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:56 pm Post subject:

i've been trying to help a friend of mine with the same problem... we've tried several kernels (2.4 series) but it didn't work... the only way it works atm is a 2.6 kernel with agpgart compiled as module... NO xfree-drm, NO dri or drm in the kernel and ati-drivers above 3.2.5...
the kt400 chipset is still not supported correctly in the 2.4 kernels... sorry
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BakaO · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 74

I dontt really want to test 2.6 kernel.

Nobody got the same problem ?

Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject:

The 2.6 kernels are more than stable enough for everyday use, don't be worried about using one. There's lots of information available on the forums about upgrading.

I'm sure I remember a few people who have gotten KT400's working properly on 2.4 kernels, but they seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
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BakaO · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 74

ok, so i do "emerge development-sources" et "cp /usr/src/linux/.config /usr/src/linux-beta/.config" and "make menuconfig" is it a good thing ?

because after the make ...... my system don't boot up :=( why ?

Wedge_ · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:17 pm Post subject:

You should really make a new config for your 2.6 kernel. Lots of stuff has changed since 2.4, so using a 2.4 config will almost certainly cause problems. Delete your /usr/src/linux-beta/.config file and run make menuconfig again to get a new config.
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J.M.I.T. · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject:

Ok... i'm glad to announce... I've finally found a solution for most users with 2.4 kernels...

read the post from linuxnoob10k here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38634&perpage=15&pagenumber=4

this workaround works with ac-sources... haven't tested it with other sources...

Good luck (it worked for a friend of mine, so i'm sure it will do for others too =) )
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Wedge_ · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:33 pm Post subject:

That looks promising, but because the ebuild takes care of building the module for you, it's not possible to edit the file directly with Gentoo. You could make a little patch that the ebuild could apply, or you could pause it with CTRL-Z after it's done unpacking, edit the file under /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work, then restart it with "fg".
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