Re: Gentoo, ATI Rage 128, Dell Precision 340

On 18 Jul 2003 06:56:53 -0400
Rob Whall <rwhall1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I'm trying to get DRM enabled on my machine, mostly so I can mess around
> with FlightGear :)
> 
> I've got a Dell precision 340 with an ATI Rage 128 (32 mg) on the
> motherboard. I'm running Gentoo 1.4 rc 4. I've compiled ATI Rage support
> into the kernel, and followed the troubleshooting guide in the faq. The
> one problem I'm having is that nothing is created in /dev/dri. As you
> can see from my log:
> 
> drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
> drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
> 
> This error message repeats 14 times.
> 
> Is there something I need to do to get the box to recognize the dri
> subsystem?

The device should be created automatically by the Xserver. It may be
helpful to see the full log. The most probable problem is that you don't
have the r128 drm kernel module installed. Try running modprobe r128
from the command line to check that. If you don't have agp support
compiled statically into your kernel you may also have to load the
agpgart module first.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob Whall
> rwhall1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Regards,
  Felix

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