Hey all. I've checked all related threads about this and nothing helps. Here is the problem.

Supposedly Slack 10.2 has i810 drivers that should work. When I use the driver "i810" in my xorg.conf file the error returned is:

I810: no matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
No devices detected.

I'm forced to use the vesa framebuffer which is garbage. I've downloaded drivers from intel's site which claims the best support. These drivers (downloaded via git) don't even compile. When I run their autogen script I get unresolved "AM_CONDITIONAL" errors during the ./configure stage. Someone on the xorg mailing list mentioned that I needed to install util-macros to get those to work and I did. Unfortunately I still get the error as I have no idea what program looks for these macros or how to point them in the right direction (/usr/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4). So basically this didn't work out either

The next thing I've tried to do was get the i810 and i915 drivers from a random link on one of the many threads I found while searching these forums for answers. They had a script that claimed would install DRI and GL drivers etc. The build for BOTH failed with similar errors about not having a high enough kernel etc. My current kernel is 2.6.18 and I built it myself (sources are still there). So this didn't work out either. The error looks something like:
ERROR: Kernel modules did not compile


I downloaded mesa and drm from a link on mesa's site and installed both of them. The included demo programs in mesa work just fine and are linked with the NEW versions of the libs just fine. However I want to note that in the install file for DRM it said to REBUILD MY KERNEL IF DRM WAS BUILT INTO IT. So I rebuilt my kernel WITHOUT DRM to build the new DRM. Then I built mesa with the new DRM.

I even went so far as to download a new X and started to build that (which required mesa which is why I downloaded and installed that) but to no avail. X refused to build (no surprize). Among the same AM_CONDITIONAL problems I saw it finally errored out with:

URL not supported by this version
#<unknown object 136537184>" not a singleton node list
and much much more

I'm confused and have no idea why getting a simple driver to install would be so difficult. Any help is greatly appreciated.

How did you configure your xserver? Did you run xorgsetup? I would run that first, then adjust the xorg.conf file if needed. For the 810 chip, the only way to achieve 3D is to set the bitrate to 16 instead of 24. Hope that works.

That suggests to me that you are missing a proper devices section in your xorg.conf.

I recommend you follow this guide:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=402003

For example

I know I wrote quite a bit of information but when I said
I mean precisely that this error occurs WHEN I USE THE PROPER DEVICE SECTION. As you can see that device section you gave me as an example is already what I am using and it does not work.

I'm beginning to think noone has any idea how to fix this...

what does lscpi -v say?

I found exactly this issue with an Intel MB with inbuilt graphics, and the only way I could get around it was to run xorgconfig from the command line and set up the Xserver that way.
Might be worth giving that a go.

Did you try running xorgsetup from the command line again? If you have the 810 chip, it should work.

I have a 10.2 system and it does NOT have the right driver for a i810. I have i80-crt.o.gz and I have i180-rng.o.gz but there is NO i80.0.gz;

X -configure aborts with errors on 180


I am perfectly willing to install the right driver -- where is it?

IMHO, there is no relation between the Slackware version and Intel Drivers. Its all in the kernel.

Did you build the correct Intel drivers? See the book www.kroah.com/lkn and read the reompiling the kernel , it has a part specific to Intel i810.

I looked closely at the Kernel In a Nutshell and could not find how to configure 810 as a module. or maybe I misunderstood it.

I have a working system. I DO NOT HAVE an i810 driver. It is the driver source I need. WHERE IS IT? I would be happy to compile and install it. but I need the source.

I'm betting it's a part of the kernel source.

I just need to know how to upgrade the kernel, but I think the kernel already has the patch. but the module code is missing. I have OTHER versions of I810 but I need the i818.0.gz

WHY? because that is what EVERYONE SAYS I need.

Otherwise I could "rename" the i810-rng or i810-etc if it would work correctly. I cant find any mention of the alternate forms. they may be hardware options. but I DONT HAVE ANY REFERECES to tell me why they exist.

All the references I have looked at talked about patching the KERNEL. Well this kernel HAS 1810 capabilities, but I dont know how to provide the driver version to make my video work.

Maybe you have built it in instead of building it as a module. Here's what I had to enable in the kernel config (built in) to make i810 work ...

In Device Drivers --> Character Devices

say M to /dev/agpgart
and M to Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support

The 2 modules are called agpgart,intel-agp. Doing just these 2 and no to everything else over there, makes my 915G GMA work correctly.

I think the problem is that there is confusion between a builtin driver and a loadable drive. I looked at my 10.2 config and it seemed to indicate that the kernel has i180 support because there are i180-xxx drivers in the directory. this means I need the source to i180 generic or specific for 815e. but without documentation or sources I am only guessing.

if you have the drivers in your /lib/modules/uname -r / kernel/drivers/char/ then why do you need the source? just modprobe them before starting X .....