X wont start. No agpgart support.

[mooreted]

I downloaded and installed kernel 2.6.3 from Mandrake cooker. When I try to boot to it I get an error that X can't start because there is no agpgart support. Any fix for this?

Also, when I try to update sysfsutils I get this error:

libsysfs.so.0 is needed by sysfsutils-0.4.0-1mdk

Ted.

[mdwatts]

Moving to the Software forum since Installation is meant for distro install issues.

[mooreted]

Oh, okay. Thanks.

Have a good one.

Ted.

:)

[Hayl]

Originally posted by mooreted
I downloaded and installed kernel 2.6.3 from Mandrake cooker. When I try to boot to it I get an error that X can't start because there is no agpgart support. Any fix for this?
Ted.

Ya, recompile the kernel with agpgart support.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by mooreted
I downloaded and installed kernel 2.6.3 from Mandrake cooker. When I try to boot to it I get an error that X can't start because there is no agpgart support. Any fix for this?


Does apggart.ko exist in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/char/agp ??

That is where agpgart is located in the 2.4 kernel. Should be the same for 2.6.

If so, have you tried loading with

modprobe agpgart

If it loads without error, add

alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1

to /etc/modules.conf and then run

depmod -ae

all as root.

[mooreted]

The video works fine in the 2.4.22-9mm.1mdk kernel. Modprobe agpgart returns no errors. Trying to boot the the 2.6.3 kernel I just compiled gives the following errors and I don't understand why there is no .img file for it in /boot:

Feb 28 21:54:19 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Module i810_audio not found.
Feb 28 21:54:19 localhost sound: Loading sound module (i810_audio) failed
Feb 28 21:54:13 localhost mount: mount: fs type supermount not supported by kernel
Feb 28 21:54:13 localhost mount: mount: fs type supermount not supported by kernel
Feb 28 21:54:14 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems: failed
Feb 28 21:54:19 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed
Feb 28 21:54:21 localhost shorewall: Connection Tracking Match: Not available
Feb 28 21:54:22 localhost shorewall: Warning: Cannot set route filtering on eth0

NTFS-fs warning (device hda1): parse_options(): Option iocharset is deprecated. Please use option nls=<charsetname> in the

Feb 28 21:54:19 localhost kernel: Symbol table has incorrect version number.
Feb 28 21:54:19 localhost kernel: NTFS-fs warning (device hda1): parse_options(): Option iocharset is deprecated. Please use option nls=<charsetname> in the future.

EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
(EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available. Make sure your kernel has
agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded.
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
(EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available. Make sure your kernel has
agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded.
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)

So, now what?

Thanks for the help,
Ted.

[mooreted]

Okay, I recompiled the kernel and got the same error messages. Mouse, video and ethernet do not load. I added the suggested lines to modules.conf. No change. I guess this isn't going to happen this weekend.

Ted.

[mdwatts]

Did you also install the module-init-tools package which is required for the 2.6 kernels?

[mooreted]

Yep. This is what I installed:

libsysfs0-0.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
linux-2.6.3.tar.gz
mkinitrd-3.5.18-4mdk.i586.rpm
module-init-tools-3.0-0.pre9.2mdk.i586.rpm
sysfsutils-0.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
udev-013-4mdk.i586.rpm

Thanks for the help,
Ted.

[mdwatts]

Have a look through these JL forum search results for '2.6 devfs' (http://justlinux.com/forum/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=896071&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending) and also

http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt

on other changes (plus devfs).

[mooreted]

Thanks, I'm on it.

:)

Have a good day,
Ted.