I was running the game Savage for quite some time. Then I stopped because the demo got boring, when trying to show it to a friend I did nothing different to start the game but it says that it cannot allocate any AGP memory and to make sure I have "agpart" or an equivalent on my system. I have made numerous configuration changes and updated most of the system software (using dselect), but I cannot place exactly where the problem would have occured. I was wondering how I go about making sure that AGP is working allright.

try:
lsmod

tell me what it spits out
look for agpgart
A-G-P-G-A-R-T

What is your video card
try:
lspci

And please update your profile to tell the world
what your distro is b/c we don't all know
dselect is used on debian.

Tiamat:/# lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ide-scsi 10320 0
scsi_mod 56852 1 [ide-scsi]
nvidia 1629472 11 (autoclean)
keybdev 2116 0 (unused)
mousedev 4372 1
hid 15464 0 (unused)
usbmouse 2296 0 (unused)
input 3296 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
usb-uhci 23568 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17836 0 (unused)
-----------------------

Tiamat:/# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0e.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15DDR [GeForce2 Ti] (rev a4

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ok try as root in text mode
insmod agpgart

and if that doesn't work try
insmod agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1

Then start up X
It might not work b/c the via agp
chipset is really new.

Tiamat:/# insmod agpart
insmod: agpart: no module by that name found
Tiamat:/# insmod agpart agp_try_unsupported=1
insmod: agpart: no module by that name found


The fact of the matter is however that I was playing savage fine a few weeks ago and suddenly it is unable to allocate AGP memory or something to that effect. I am not sure that I ever had agpart installed, I dont even know what it is.

A G P G A R T

agpgart

there is a 'p' and a 'g' in the word

agpgart

hehe :] sorry its late.

Tiamat:~# insmod agpgart_try_unsupported=1
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/input/input.o/agpgart_try_unsupported=1
insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/input/input.o/agpgart_try_unsupported
=1: Not a directory



What is agpgart?

Basically the AGPGART is how the linux kernel communicates
with an AGP video card.

Why do you insist on entering commands different from the ones
I tell you?

I say
insmod agpgart

you say
insmod agpart

I said
insmod agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1

you say
insmod agpgart_try_unsupported=1


I'm sorry it's just kind of frustrating. I want to help you.
One more time:
insmod agpgart

If the module doesn't exist don't bother
If it gives you an error message of a different
sort try this:
insmod agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1

When you do this make sure you are in text mode and NOT X windows

there is no module by that name found. I ran it exactly as you said.

Then you probably need to re-compile the kernel
OR maybe just a module if you already have the
source installed.

See the tldp how-to
www.tldp.org

Just for sh*ts and giggles in a terminal in X,
copy and paste this in and hit [ENTER]

ls -R /lib/modules/`uname -r`

then post the results

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci:
block misc modules.ieee1394map modules.pcimap net
cdrom modules.dep modules.isapnpmap modules.pnpbiosmap
fs modules.generic_string modules.parportmap modules.usbmap

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/block:
nbd.o

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/cdrom:
aztcd.o cm206.o isp16.o mcdx.o sbpcd.o sonycd535.o
cdu31a.o gscd.o mcd.o optcd.o sjcd.o

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/fs:
binfmt_aout.o nls_cp855.o nls_cp865.o nls_iso8859-2.o nls_iso8859-9.o
minix.o nls_cp857.o nls_cp866.o nls_iso8859-3.o nls_koi8-r.o
nls_cp437.o nls_cp860.o nls_cp869.o nls_iso8859-4.o nls_koi8-ru.o
nls_cp737.o nls_cp861.o nls_cp874.o nls_iso8859-5.o ntfs.o
nls_cp775.o nls_cp862.o nls_iso8859-1.o nls_iso8859-6.o
nls_cp850.o nls_cp863.o nls_iso8859-14.o nls_iso8859-7.o
nls_cp852.o nls_cp864.o nls_iso8859-15.o nls_iso8859-8.o

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/misc:
af_packet.o lp.o netlink_dev.o parport_pc.o xpds-fr.o
busmouse.o msbusmouse.o parport.o qpmouse.o

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net:
3c501.o de4x5.o ewrk3.o ni5010.o smc-ultra32.o
3c503.o depca.o fmv18x.o ni52.o smc9194.o
3c505.o dgrs.o hamachi.o ni65.o starfire-scyld.o
3c507.o dmfe.o hp-plus.o ns820.o starfire.o
3c509.o dummy.o hp.o pci-scan.o sundance.o
3c515.o e2100.o hp100.o plip.o tlan.o
3c59x.o eepro.o intel-gige.o ppp.o tulip.o
8139too.o eepro100.o lance.o ppp_deflate.o via-rhine.o
82596.o eexpress.o lne390.o rtl8139.o wd.o
ac3200.o epic100-scyld.o myson803.o sis900.o winbond-840.o
at1700.o epic100.o natsemi.o slhc.o yellowfin.o
bsd_comp.o es3210.o ne.o slip.o
cs89x0.o eth16i.o ne3210.o smc-ultra.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22:
build modules.generic_string modules.parportmap modules.usbmap
kernel modules.ieee1394map modules.pcimap pcmcia
modules.dep modules.isapnpmap modules.pnpbiosmap

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel:
drivers fs

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers:
input net scsi usb video

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/input:
input.o joydev.o keybdev.o mousedev.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net:
8139cp.o 8139too.o dummy.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/scsi:
ide-scsi.o scsi_mod.o sr_mod.o sym53c8xx.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/usb:
aiptek.o hid.o host kbtab.o powermate.o usbkbd.o usbmouse.o wacom.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/usb/host:
ehci-hcd.o usb-ohci.o usb-uhci.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/video:
nvidia.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/fs:
smbfs

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/fs/smbfs:
smbfs.o

/lib/modules/2.4.22/pcmcia: