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Old 03-28-2011, 10:17 PM   #1
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Tutorial: Getting the intel driver to work in gentoo.


Ok this is not a question but more or less a small tutorial to help those who have had just as much trouble or more in getting the intel driver + DRI working.

I first set:

Code:
VIDEO_CARDS="intel"
In my "/etc/make.conf" file.

Then I added "dri" to the USE variable in my "/etc/make.conf".

I then proceeded to edit my "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and changed the line Driver = "vesa" to Driver = "intel".

Then add the lines:

Code:
Section "dri"
         Mode         0666
EndSection
To the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

I then proceeded to make the following changes to my kernel:

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Linux Kernel Configuration: Enabling Intel KMS 
Power management and ACPI options  --->[*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support  --->
     -*-   Button
     -*-   Video
Device Drivers  --->
  Graphics support  --->
    <*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
      <*> Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
    <*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)  --->
      <*> Intel I810
      <*> Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver)  --->
        <*> i915 driver
[*] Enable modesetting on intel by default
I then rebuilt my kernel using:

Code:
make && make modules_install
I then copied over the new kernel into /boot:

Code:
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.36-gentoo-r5
BEFORE REBOOTING!!!!!!!

Make sure you have the line "vga=###" removed from the kernel bootloader line in grub. This is because of a conflict between the framebuffer and the intel modsetting. This is vital otherwise you will end up with a headless computer. Quite literally.

Now reboot.

This isn't enough to make it work though. Drop down to a standard TTY and kill X (if its running).

Then issue the command:

Code:
emerge -v libdrm
Then issue the command:

Code:
emerge -v mesa
Then issue the command:

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emerge -v xorg-drivers
Then issue the command:

Code:
emerge -v xorg-x11
Then issue the command:

Code:
emerge -auvND world
After waiting a LONG time, issue the command:

Code:
emerge -v xf86-video-intel
Then reboot the computer again.

If you are lucky like I was, then the X server will use the intel driver + DRI.

To check to see if "direct rendering" is working:

Code:
glxinfo | grep rendering
Should state: "direct rendering: Yes"

Note you will need "mesa-progs" to use glxinfo.

Hope I helped those who were as lost as me.

Last edited by David2010; 03-28-2011 at 10:39 PM.
 
Old 03-29-2011, 02:50 AM   #2
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Hello,

Thanks for sharing that. I'm sure it will come in handy. Off the Zero Reply List.

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