On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Andrey Falko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> It's been a long, long, long time since I've updated any kernels > >>> but my wife's machine finally came up for review so I got started. > >>> I've built and booted 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 but unfortunately I'm having > >>> some trouble with the video driver. Note that this machine has run > >>> Gentoo for a long time but last used a 2.6.20 kernel. > >>> > >>> When starting gdm I get a text screen telling me the X server > >>> failed and showing these messages in the Xorg log file: > >>> > >>> dragonfly ~ # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE > >>> Current Operating System: Linux dragonfly 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 #4 SMP > >>> PREEMPT Fri Nov 7 16:23:23 PST 2008 i686 > >>> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > >>> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER > >>> (EE) Failed to load module "i810" (module does not exist, 0) > >>> (EE) No drivers available. > >>> dragonfly ~ # > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Did you do something like this?: > >> > >> emerge x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 > >> > >> or this: > >> > >> add VIDEO_CARDS="i810" to make.conf > >> then emerge -DuavN xorg-x11 > >> > > > > I do have the VIDEO_CARDS="i810" in make.conf but I haven't rebuilt > > xorg-x11. Is that generally required when doing a kernel change these > > days? > > > > I'm pretty sure the driver I loaded was from the kernel, not from X11 > > so that could easily be the problem. > > > > Let me work on it. > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > Hi Andrey, > OK, I got it going. Thanks for your help. I had to change the > VIDEO_CARDS setting to "intel", not the "i810" like it used to be, and > then emerge xorg-server. > > Again, thanks for the pointer. > > Cheers, > Mark > > Cool. Good digging around on your part!
