> From: J Hayward <jimhayward@earthlink.net>
>
> On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 11:42, Dave Reed wrote:
> >=20
> > I haven't compiled a kernel since the 2.2 first came out, but from
> > what I gathered from the list archives, it's actually a kernel module
> > that comes with XFree that needs to be compiled, not the entire kernel
> > - is that correct?=20
>
> Yes, it is the DRM modules from XFree that need to be compiled, not the
> kernel.
>
> > - is that correct? Do I need a kernel newer than the latest official
> > Red Hat 7.2 kernel (2.4.9-13)?=20
>
> No. You must have the kernel-source rpm installed for the kernel you are
> running.
>
> >=20
> > I'm willing to give it a try if someone can point me in the right
> > direction since I have some time this afternoon and won't have much
> > time after today. Do I need to compile a new kernel, and do I need to
> > compile all of XFree86 or just find the DRM module, compile it, and
> > copy it to the appropriate /lib/modules directory)
>
> Red Hat kernel's source rpm's add the word "custom" to the EXTRAVERSION
> line in the top level Makefile you have to remove this or the module
> compile will not find the correct kernel headers and the module compile
> will crash and burn. You don't have to do this if you not running a Red
> Hat kernel.
>
> This is for Red Hat 2.4.9-13 kernel
>
>
> cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-13
> edit the top level Makefile remove "custom" from EXTRAVERSION
> make mrproper
> make xconfig
>
> click "load configuration from file"
> load the default Red Hat config from your kernel. if you have a i686
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-13/configs/kernel-2.4.9-i686.config
>
> click save and exit
> make dep
Ok, did that, although I don't quite understand why since that doesn't
actually compile it, but I see it does seem to do things to
/lib/modules
> install the XFree86 source rpm
>
> cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>
> rpm -bp XFree86.spec
>
> I put this in 2 commands so it didnt word wrap.
> cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/XFree86-4.2.0/xc/programs/Xserver
>
> cd hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel
>
> make -f Makefile.linux
>
> I suggest you backup your old DRM modules first
> copy the new modules to the right place
>
> cp gamma.o mga.o r128.o radeon.o sis.o tdfx.o
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/char/drm
>
> /sbin/depmod -a
Here's where it fails:
depmod -a
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/char/drm/sis.o
Any ideas?
> I suggest you boot runlevel 3 and not directly into X before you try
> the
I always do anyway just in case.
> new 4.2.0 rpms.I also suggest the first time you run X that your disable
> DRI. Then if X works go ahead and re-enable DRI.=20
I had some problems getting a working XF86Config-4 file to begin
with. I basically took the old one for my TNT2 card, and replaced
Driver "nvidia"
with
Driver "radeon"
and replaced the Section "Module" with basically what I found in the
XF86Config.rpmnew file from installing the 4.2 RPMS:
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
> comment out this line in your XF86Config-4 file to disable DRI
> Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure
I suspect I need to fix the depmod problem first.
> For some reason the Radeon driver's from cvs I have been using do not
> seem to recognize the Option "nodri" statement.
Thanks for all your help.
Dave
