Hi Aquila The chipset on A7M is "AMD 761", not VIA. But anyway, if I get you right, I won't need to enable agpgart in the kernel at all. Thank you so far, I'll try it out (can live without Q3A the first days, until I figure it all out ...)
joerg PS.: Sorry for the forgotten subject line, I hate it every time I see mails on the list without subjects,. don't know why this must happen to me... Aquila wrote: > > I have an ASUS A7V133, and the chipset is VIA. It should be the same for > you, but you should consult your motherboard manual. > > Since you're using a GeForce 2 GTS, you'll be using the nvidia kernel > and X drivers. It needs either kernel AGP support or the nvidia AGP > support, and you add the "NvAGP" option to your X config to choose > between the 2. If you use the former, then you'll need to compile AGP > support in the kernel. > > Aq. > > On 29 Jun 2001 15:54:34 +0200, Johannes Jörg wrote: > > Hello List > > > > I'm going to migrate from a PIII 500 to an athlon. > > My new Mainboard wil be an Asus A7M266. To use AGP (new GeForce 2 GTS, > > hehe), what kernel option will I have to enable for /dev/agpgart? Is it the > > "Irongate" chipset? I'm a bit confused because the kernel help says "you > > should > > probably say N, unless you want to test the GLX component for XFree86 > > 3.3.6", > > but it says also "...gives you AGP support for the GLX component of the > > XFree86 > > 4.x on AMD Irongate chipset..." > > > > What does this mean? > > > > joerg > >
