I got X working! BTW, I did a fresh install of Sarge before starting this. For people still struggling with how to get X working with Debian Sarge on i915, here's how I went about it. See if it rings any bells.
1. If you have i915, you probably will have SATA HDD, so install kernel 2.6, default installation will NOT install kernel 2.6. Type linux26 when installation prompt appears. 2. Get the sources for latest 2.6.x kernel (2.6.11, in my case), compile it and install it. [http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.11.tar.bz2] 3. Boot into this new kernel. 4. Get the sources for XFree 4.5.0. Build (hell, it takes about an hour and unending dependencies to get it built!) and install it. This might not be necessary, but this just what I did. You might want try skipping this step. [ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.5.0/source/] 5. Get the xfree 4.5.0 debian packages from this site: http://ftp.fifi.org/debian-local/stable/unofficial/xfree86-4.5.0/ Install every single .deb you have, again, might not be necessary, don't know for sure. 6. Now comes the most tricky part... No readmes or files called install.sh, or alike. A file called 'rules' caught my attention. When I opened it, I found following shebang: #!/usr/bin/make -f WTF!!! And some commands that looked like setting up things to get going! How on earth are we supposed to GUESS that a file called rules is to be used for installation! Execute it nonetheless! 7. dpkg-reconfigure for xserver-common & xserver-xfree86 got things rolling. Another trick is that you won't find i915 in cards list yet. So select i810 and go ahead. Regards, Atul P Talesara http://the-shaolin.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have! ---------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Atul Talesara Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:12 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: i915, xinit: Xfree86 4.5 giving errors Hello folks, I'm trying HARD to get my X working on Debian Sarge on Intel 915G mobo (i915 chipset). I've upgraded to kernel 2.6.11, which has support for i915 (i915.ko is indeed present after kernel compilation). I checked out the XFree86 4.5 sources and managed to compile it (after AN effort). But xinit just refuses to start and keeps throwing this error: --------------- snip ----------------- Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found (EE) LoadModule: Module i915 does not have a i915ModuleData data object. (EE) Failed to load module "i915" (invalid module, 0) (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found --------------- snip ----------------- I know you might want to look at my XF86Config file, it's not available with me right away. But I thought if someone already has an insight into this problem might solve it without config file details. Something I've obviously goofed up??? BTW, google'ing for 'i915ModuleData' reveals nothing :-( In case this helps ... /var/log/XFree86.0.log claims error is spitted by: XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 20040928112350 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In spite of the fact I 'make install' ed XFree86 4.5. ___I'm stumped___!!! Regards, Atul P Talesara http://the-shaolin.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash!! ----------------------------------------------------------
