missing AGPGART module for ATI card

Riddick · 08-27-2005, 02:30 PM

Dear all, I think I'm very close to getting 3d acceleration working on my laptop;
I have installed the DRI driver for my card (rage 128), and I am using the "ati"
option in xorg.conf

I think all that is missing is the actual acceleration, and I think this is due to
agpgart not being there.

When I do lsmod:

Code:

root@edslaptop:/home/ed# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ide_scsi               14596  0

and when I do modprobe agpgart:

Code:

root@edslaptop:/home/ed# modprobe agpgart
FATAL: Module agpgart not found.

So where do i find this module; will it be in kernel configuration?

Thanks a lot,

Riddick

egag · 08-27-2005, 05:23 PM

the modules are in /lib/modules/<kernelversion>
does modprobe -l |grep agp return anything ?

are you using a standard kernel ?

egag

Riddick · 08-27-2005, 06:51 PM

root@edslaptop:/home/ed# modprobe -l |grep agp
root@edslaptop:/home/ed#

...no it doesn't return anything!
I'm using a self installed 2.6.12.5.

I shall have to try to find the option in menuconfig...
can you give me hint where to find it?

Thanks,
Riddick

egag · 08-27-2005, 07:15 PM

did you choose them as modules or as build in?
imho. it's better to take the agp support as modules.

iirc. the agp drivers are under character devices.

egag

Riddick · 08-27-2005, 07:21 PM

<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) My god they were there
already! I'll try to change them to modules and see what happens, OK?

Riddick · 08-28-2005, 11:18 AM

even when complied as modules, they are not in modprobe's list!

Help!!

Riddick

egag · 08-28-2005, 11:54 AM

did you install the modules with " make modules_install " ?
can you find the files under /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/kernel/drivers/char/agp ?

egag

kaon · 08-28-2005, 11:55 AM

did u type "make modules" and "make modules_install"?

make sure you have root permission. Once done, reboot~

Talavis · 08-28-2005, 11:56 AM

Hi

Are you sure that you really need agpgart then? Is ATI Rage 128 not a PCI-card?

Riddick · 08-28-2005, 12:50 PM

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I've been doing:

make menuconfig && make && make modules && make install

as root... is that OK?

so what is the whole command that I have to do after menuconfig?

...yes I think it is AGP

Thanks, Riddick

Riddick · 08-28-2005, 12:52 PM

/lib/modules/<kernelversion>/kernel/drivers/char/agp

it is NOT there

egag · 08-28-2005, 01:32 PM

try " make modules_install " in the kernel source dir.

egag

Riddick · 08-28-2005, 02:31 PM

brilliant, thanks a lot!

click1 · 09-17-2005, 01:44 AM

Last night I did " make modules_install " and it destroyed my kernel. So don't do that.

Talavis · 09-17-2005, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by click1
Last night I did " make modules_install " and it destroyed my kernel. So don't do that.

That sounds really weird, I don't see how you can destroy a kernel by just installing the modules, are you sure you did nothing else?