>> Could this be the problem? >> >> # grep ^\(EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0) >> (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) >> (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or >> directory >> (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master. >> (EE) intel(0): Failed to initialize kernel memory manager > > The first two errors are fine; Xorg defaults to trying vesa and fbdev as > display drivers and you just don't have them. > > The last three are your problem. The intel video driver is unable to > properly access the DRM subsystem, which will definitely cause X to slow > to a crawl. > > The most likely cause of your errors is that the intel AGP driver (i810 > or i915, depending on your hardware) isn't getting loaded. If that's > the case, you should see an error such as: > > [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915" > > in Xorg.0.log just before the ones from intel. If the modules are being > loaded, you'll likely see some other errors around that same area. The > aren't tagged with (EE), unfortunately; try: > > # grep -5 'Failed to open DRM' Xorg.0.log > > You can also check your dmesg output to see if the devices are being > initialized properly: > > platypus log # dmesg | grep agp > Linux agpgart interface v0.103 > agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 965GM Chipset > agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7676K stolen memory > agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000 > > platypus log # dmesg | grep drm > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > [drm] set up 7M of stolen space > [drm] initialized overlay support > fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device > [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 > > If everything's working, you should have the following devices that the > Xorg driver needs: > > platypus log # ls -l /dev/dri > total 0 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 0 Apr 20 13:11 card0 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 226, 64 Apr 20 13:11 controlD64
Ah, thank you so much. I needed to enable CONFIG_DRM_I915 in the kernel. - Grant
