Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:05:47 -0800 | From | Sheng Long Gradilla <> | Subject | Re: AGP backport from 2.5 to 2.4.21-pre4 |
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The "other kernels" I am talking about are 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 with the old agpgart. As I said, the new agpgart module now loads but the results are the same. I yet have to try some other tricks like setting the AGP rate manually.
I am also using the latest nvidia modules, which are 1.0-4191
- Sheng Long Gradilla
Toplica Tanasković wrote: > Dana nedelja 23. februar 2003. 17:02 napisali ste: > >>I tested on an Asus A7V8X motherboard (KT400) with a GeForce4 Ti 4200 >>AGP8X. The module loads correctly, at last! It sets the apperture size >>correctly and all, but when I start XFree, I get do not get any >>graphical screen, but text mode garbage. Characters of all colors, with >>no sense at all. I had exactly the same problem in other kernels. >> > > What kernels? Are you using old agpgart or new one with other kernels? > > >>I played a bit with the NvAGP option on XF86Config file. According to >>the documentation, 0 is PCI mode, 1 is NvAGP or fallback to PCI if >>failed, 2 is AGPGART mode or fallback to PCI if failed, 3 is autodetect. >>If I set it to 2, 3 or comment it, I got the same problem with the >>garbage and had to reset the PC. Setting it to 0 would make it run in >>PCI mode, and it always works. I tried setting it to 1, thinking that >>maybe the documentation is wrong. X started successfully, but the card >>was in PCI mode. I read the logs to confirm it, and indeed, the NvAGP >>module fails to identify the AGP chipset and falls back to PCI. >> >>I tried setting NvAGP to 2 again, to read the logs and see if there is >>something I could find out, but unfortunately the log had nothing but >>garbage. I tried several times with no success. The log is always garbage. >> > > Try fetching latest nVidia drivers. > > I'll try to isolate problem, and send patch if neccessery. > > >>- Sheng Long Gradilla > >
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