Re: M7 LW Problems (cont'd)

--- Henchman <ziggytec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am not sure I understand you.
> 
> The problem is after I install the drivers (no X
> running) and do startx, everything is fine.
> 
> If I then reboot, no X running, and do startx, it does
> not work.
> 

sometimes X does not automatically load the kernel modules for the DRI.
 to get around this, add these lines to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:

/sbin/modprobe agpgart
/sbin/modprobe radeon

That way the modules will get loaded by your startup scripts so you
know they will be loaded, rather than relying on X to load them.

Alternatively you can manually load the modules before you start X, but
that can get tedious.

> Also, how do I unload modules? I am somewhat of a
> newbie, so there a few gaps in my knowledge :)

modprobe module_name to load a module
modprobe -r module_name to unload a module.

> 
> Cheers
> 
> --- Alex Deucher <agd5f@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > after you restart X unload and reload the kernel
> > modules (apggart and
> > radeon) and then restart X again.  see if that fixes
> > the problem.
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> > --- Henchman <ziggytec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Thanks for your help yesterday... sorry to post a
> > new
> > > thread.
> > > 
> > > I managed to get dri working on my 2.4.21 custom
> > > kernel, finally...
> > > 
> > > As a reference to anyone else trying this, there
> > is a
> > > sample .config file from another owner of a
> > Inspiron
> > > 4150 laptop here :
> > > http://perso.wanadoo.es/djsucre/i4150/english.html
> > > 
> > > My problem now is the following. After download
> > the
> > > new 0714 radeon drivers, and installing them (no X
> > > running), when I start X everything is good.
> > > 
> > > When I reboot, after making no changes, dri is
> > > disabled... I don't see any error messages,
> > agpgart
> > > problem is gone, and the XF86Config file remains
> > the
> > > same after the reboot... so what is up with
> > that?!?
> > > 
> > > Futhermore, this problem is totally repeatable.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance for your help :)
> > > 


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