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Old 11-09-2004, 05:16 AM   #1
wood_dog
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XFree86 Problems with Dell Video Card


I just installed Red Hat Enterprise WS on my Dell Dimension L computer. The initial load went fine and ran fine once completed. I went through the activation process on the Red Hat Network and used Update2 to down load the required updates. Once the kernal was updated and other updates loaded the system will not run X windows. I get an error telling me that "agpgart" is not present. After looking through the "knowledgebase" on the Red Hat site the best I can figure is with the updated kernel version the Dell (Intel 810 chipset) video card is not supported properly unless "agpgart" is loaded. My question is how do I get "agpgart" to load? Where does it go? The fix provided by the Red Hat site is to use the old kernel until a new one is released. This is my first experience with Linux and it has been pretty diappointing so far. Thanks.
 
Old 11-09-2004, 08:27 AM   #2
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First, you could try tro load the module 'by hand'

become root, then type:
modprobe agpgart

If the driver loads correctly, try to start X
 
Old 11-14-2004, 12:28 AM   #3
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Angry didn't work

that didn't work, but I found a work around for now. I will just use the old kernel until someone decides to write an update that supports this chip set. What I can't figure out is why they took away support for a popular video card that was already supported. Thanks.
 
  


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