Problems with X and the Intel i855GM integrated graphics
Hi, I just bought a new Dell Laptop. It's an Inspiron 500m with the Pentium M, integrated Intel graphics and an 1400x1050 display. I installed Linux and access on the command line works fine. Now I wanted to configure X but ran into loads of trouble. I downloaded the latest Intel drivers, compiled and installed them. I'm using X version 4.2.1-8 from Debian unstable (the rest of the system is from unstable, as well). My kernel is version 2.4.21. I tried Daniel Stone's 4.3.0 packages as well but they don't work with the Intel drivers. The Intel driver installs the two kernel modules agpgart and i830. Both work find and lsmod shows they're installed. But with all this, I can only get X to work with a maximum resolution of 1024x768 at 8bit color or 640x480 at 16bit color. When I choose more colors (i.e. 24bit) X doesn't work at all, it just dies. What's the problem? Any suggestions, experiences, questions? I attached all files and messages I though could be relevant. Best regards, Magnus dmesg.log Description: Binary data lsmod.log Description: Binary data lspci.log Description: Binary data XF86Config-4. Description: Binary data XFree86.0.log Description: Binary data
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
Hi,
I'm having the exact same problem as you do, even though I have the
Inspiron 500m (bought in Germany). Same graphics chip, though. The
problem is that Dell just doesn't provide the needed Video BIOS
update.
Intel describes the needed update here:
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/linux/graphics.htm#6
I'm currently working very hard on the Dell support (I had to get
really angry until the guy accepted that I really do have a clue and
know what I'm talking about). I want to know who's responsible for
BIOS upgrades and pressure them into providing an update. I haven't
had any success whatsoever yet, though, but I'll let you know as soon
as I get new information. They just keep insisting they don't support
Linux and stuff. I hope I can put some pressure on them, though.
Best regards,
Magnus
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Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
Hi Damien, this is what I already told Joe and what I'm going to tell everybody with this problem: Please go hassle Dell support. And don't use E-Mail, they'll just give you crap answers, I tried that three times. Call them up and be a REAL pain in the ass for them. Tell them you're a CS student (which I assume you are, doesn't matter if you're not), so you know what you're talking about and that you're really pissed at their bad support. Try to get through to the people that are _directly_ responsible for BIOS upgrades. And if you have their number or something, please give them to us so that we can hassle them, as well. We really, badly have to put some high pressure on Dell in this matter because there's no way their current behaviour is acceptable. Anyway, first get your exams done. Good luck. Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 16 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpTQVzXGVYAY.pgp Description: signature
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
On Sunday 07 September 2003 01:12, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > Ugh; I had read that page, and suspected something like that... > Well, it's good that someone is on their case about it. If you need > any help (even if it's just someone else to yell at them), let me > know. Hi, I just talked to Dell support again. They now understood my problem, gave an exact description of my problem and told my that they won't solve it. They said look for a BIOS upgrade, maybe it'll be provided, maybe not, we can't do anything about that. Well, I got really mad at the Hotline guy, I demanded to talk to his supervisor (which he didn't let me do) and I said that they're giving Dell a bad name with this kind of 'support'. I said I know other people who have the same problem and that there has to be some way to talk to the Dell BIOS people. He claimed that he couldn't talk to them but I think that's just a lame excuse because he doens't want to go to the hassle of finding out. Well, anyway, I got so angry at them that they finally agreed to call me back on Friday and that they would try to find out whether this BIOS update will ever be available at all. No promises to solve my problem, though. "We don't support Linux, blabla." So, bottom line: Please give your country's Dell support a try. I couldn't get through, maybe you can. Please, I mean this is of importance to all of us. Best regards, Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpRIVyP1Sfth.pgp Description: signature
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
All right, I've found a solution. At least for the Dell Inspiron 500m, the following tool successfully changes allocated VideoRAM: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.tar.gz The only thing you have to take care of is to put a VideoRAM line into your XFree86 config that allocates at least as much RAM as you told that tool to allocate. Tell me what your results are. Mine seems to work fine for now. (I've just gotten it to work, though.) All right, I need to get some sleep now. Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp60O3fnnR3X.pgp Description: signature
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
On Thursday 11 September 2003 06:00, you wrote: > Hi Magnus > Do you have anywhere that I can find an (English) description of > this patch? I am not sure what it is patching, or what > procedure/flags it requires to compile/install. http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgplx3qJGt37Z.pgp Description: signature
Re: best laptops for debian linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, well the one basic rule I've set up for my next purchase is this one: Do NOT buy from Dell. Dell does not support Linux and actually does everything to make it as difficult as possible to use. They mess with the BIOS in non-standard ways so that not even the official Windows drivers work anymore (only the drivers from Dell still work). So don't buy a Dell. If you're a Linux user, they don't care about your nees as a customer. Your simply 'not supported'. Magnus. - -- - --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YY+crjA8sxkq93kRAs3pAJ4gym9WZ9DZ3zY9JI2etTB/GLPbSgCfdLAM GUAb6bUUK4nz+5AufgOl77k= =LTHP -END PGP SIGNATURE-
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On Friday 12 September 2003 11:58, Damien Solley wrote:
> I have received word back from Dell tech support. They claim:
> "Dell engineering is working on the issue and latest bios
> updatewill be released after some time. "
They told me, repeatedly, that this is a non-issue for them, that they
don't have any BIOS people they could talk to and they would not
assure me that they even informed their BIOS people that there's a
problem. They even went as far as to make the following statement:
I tried to find somebody in DELL, with him you could speak about this
issue. Unfortunately, I did not found anybody responsible for BIOS.
After consultation with my mentor I gave up.
Thera is one option, which you can try:
1.Find another video driver with capability to reallocate more memory
when working under LINUX This is only one idea, how you can try to
resolve your problem.
Unfortunately there is nothing more, we can advice you, so please do
not contact DELL hotline in this issue.
I mean, what can be more clear than 'do not contact DELL hotline in
this issue"?
Best,
Magnus
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Re: best laptops for debian linux
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On Friday 12 September 2003 11:48, Johann Spies wrote:
> That is interesting. Our management recently decided to buy Dell
> servers. We tested installation of different operating systems on
> IBM, HP and Dell servers and the Dell-server was the easiest to
> install Linux on.
Well, to be fair, Linux installation experiences usually differ
extremely between product generations. Maybe the next Dell laptop
will make it very easy to install Linux...
Also, you have to take into account the huge differences between
servers and laptops. Maybe Dell does some more for its corporate
customers than for their end-users. Servers are usually not as
integrated as a laptop and so you're not as dependant on, for example
(since this is our issue right now) the Video BIOS. So your
experience on servers doesn't neccesarily relate to what it's like on
a notebook.
Best,
Magnus
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Re: best laptops for debian linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, besides my Dell-related rant, some more (maybe a little more useful) advice: The i855GM integrated graphics chipset has proven to be a source of trouble with Linux. I have one and that is what all those Dell-problems have been about. Basically, there is driver support but it's not the way you'd wish it to be. Intel doesn't give out specs so it's hard to natively support it. You're probably better off if you get a card with a ATI chip, they seem to be (on average) better supported. Still, you could get positive surprises with the Intel chips just as you could probably have bad surprises with the ATI chips. Magnus. - -- - --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YZ5CrjA8sxkq93kRAiKEAJ49O14iHuTe8KB84ZlcWLnRSZCgfgCfXwhh eOhnFzEisF49CdkNgpqFkTQ= =+BFR -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: reiserfs vs ext3fs
On Monday 06 October 2003 14:06, PF wrote: > I found no faq or thread about comparing ReiserFS and Ext3FS for > use on laptops. Well, I always use ReiserFS (out of no particular reason, apart from maybe it being in the official kernel sources so early). And it works perfectly on my laptop. I never tried anything else, though. -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpptVNiPq5li.pgp Description: signature
Problems with X and the Intel i855GM integrated graphics
Hi, I just bought a new Dell Laptop. It's an Inspiron 500m with the Pentium M, integrated Intel graphics and an 1400x1050 display. I installed Linux and access on the command line works fine. Now I wanted to configure X but ran into loads of trouble. I downloaded the latest Intel drivers, compiled and installed them. I'm using X version 4.2.1-8 from Debian unstable (the rest of the system is from unstable, as well). My kernel is version 2.4.21. I tried Daniel Stone's 4.3.0 packages as well but they don't work with the Intel drivers. The Intel driver installs the two kernel modules agpgart and i830. Both work find and lsmod shows they're installed. But with all this, I can only get X to work with a maximum resolution of 1024x768 at 8bit color or 640x480 at 16bit color. When I choose more colors (i.e. 24bit) X doesn't work at all, it just dies. What's the problem? Any suggestions, experiences, questions? I attached all files and messages I though could be relevant. Best regards, Magnus dmesg.log Description: Binary data lsmod.log Description: Binary data lspci.log Description: Binary data XF86Config-4. Description: Binary data XFree86.0.log Description: Binary data
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
Hi,
I'm having the exact same problem as you do, even though I have the
Inspiron 500m (bought in Germany). Same graphics chip, though. The
problem is that Dell just doesn't provide the needed Video BIOS
update.
Intel describes the needed update here:
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/linux/graphics.htm#6
I'm currently working very hard on the Dell support (I had to get
really angry until the guy accepted that I really do have a clue and
know what I'm talking about). I want to know who's responsible for
BIOS upgrades and pressure them into providing an update. I haven't
had any success whatsoever yet, though, but I'll let you know as soon
as I get new information. They just keep insisting they don't support
Linux and stuff. I hope I can put some pressure on them, though.
Best regards,
Magnus
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Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
Hi Damien, this is what I already told Joe and what I'm going to tell everybody with this problem: Please go hassle Dell support. And don't use E-Mail, they'll just give you crap answers, I tried that three times. Call them up and be a REAL pain in the ass for them. Tell them you're a CS student (which I assume you are, doesn't matter if you're not), so you know what you're talking about and that you're really pissed at their bad support. Try to get through to the people that are _directly_ responsible for BIOS upgrades. And if you have their number or something, please give them to us so that we can hassle them, as well. We really, badly have to put some high pressure on Dell in this matter because there's no way their current behaviour is acceptable. Anyway, first get your exams done. Good luck. Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 16 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
On Sunday 07 September 2003 01:12, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > Ugh; I had read that page, and suspected something like that... > Well, it's good that someone is on their case about it. If you need > any help (even if it's just someone else to yell at them), let me > know. Hi, I just talked to Dell support again. They now understood my problem, gave an exact description of my problem and told my that they won't solve it. They said look for a BIOS upgrade, maybe it'll be provided, maybe not, we can't do anything about that. Well, I got really mad at the Hotline guy, I demanded to talk to his supervisor (which he didn't let me do) and I said that they're giving Dell a bad name with this kind of 'support'. I said I know other people who have the same problem and that there has to be some way to talk to the Dell BIOS people. He claimed that he couldn't talk to them but I think that's just a lame excuse because he doens't want to go to the hassle of finding out. Well, anyway, I got so angry at them that they finally agreed to call me back on Friday and that they would try to find out whether this BIOS update will ever be available at all. No promises to solve my problem, though. "We don't support Linux, blabla." So, bottom line: Please give your country's Dell support a try. I couldn't get through, maybe you can. Please, I mean this is of importance to all of us. Best regards, Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
All right, I've found a solution. At least for the Dell Inspiron 500m, the following tool successfully changes allocated VideoRAM: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.tar.gz The only thing you have to take care of is to put a VideoRAM line into your XFree86 config that allocates at least as much RAM as you told that tool to allocate. Tell me what your results are. Mine seems to work fine for now. (I've just gotten it to work, though.) All right, I need to get some sleep now. Magnus -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: New Dell Inspiron 1100, video problems
On Thursday 11 September 2003 06:00, you wrote: > Hi Magnus > Do you have anywhere that I can find an (English) description of > this patch? I am not sure what it is patching, or what > procedure/flags it requires to compile/install. http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: best laptops for debian linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, well the one basic rule I've set up for my next purchase is this one: Do NOT buy from Dell. Dell does not support Linux and actually does everything to make it as difficult as possible to use. They mess with the BIOS in non-standard ways so that not even the official Windows drivers work anymore (only the drivers from Dell still work). So don't buy a Dell. If you're a Linux user, they don't care about your nees as a customer. Your simply 'not supported'. Magnus. - -- - --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YY+crjA8sxkq93kRAs3pAJ4gym9WZ9DZ3zY9JI2etTB/GLPbSgCfdLAM GUAb6bUUK4nz+5AufgOl77k= =LTHP -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Friday 12 September 2003 11:58, Damien Solley wrote:
> I have received word back from Dell tech support. They claim:
> "Dell engineering is working on the issue and latest bios
> updatewill be released after some time. "
They told me, repeatedly, that this is a non-issue for them, that they
don't have any BIOS people they could talk to and they would not
assure me that they even informed their BIOS people that there's a
problem. They even went as far as to make the following statement:
I tried to find somebody in DELL, with him you could speak about this
issue. Unfortunately, I did not found anybody responsible for BIOS.
After consultation with my mentor I gave up.
Thera is one option, which you can try:
1.Find another video driver with capability to reallocate more memory
when working under LINUX This is only one idea, how you can try to
resolve your problem.
Unfortunately there is nothing more, we can advice you, so please do
not contact DELL hotline in this issue.
I mean, what can be more clear than 'do not contact DELL hotline in
this issue"?
Best,
Magnus
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On Friday 12 September 2003 11:48, Johann Spies wrote:
> That is interesting. Our management recently decided to buy Dell
> servers. We tested installation of different operating systems on
> IBM, HP and Dell servers and the Dell-server was the easiest to
> install Linux on.
Well, to be fair, Linux installation experiences usually differ
extremely between product generations. Maybe the next Dell laptop
will make it very easy to install Linux...
Also, you have to take into account the huge differences between
servers and laptops. Maybe Dell does some more for its corporate
customers than for their end-users. Servers are usually not as
integrated as a laptop and so you're not as dependant on, for example
(since this is our issue right now) the Video BIOS. So your
experience on servers doesn't neccesarily relate to what it's like on
a notebook.
Best,
Magnus
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Re: best laptops for debian linux
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Re: reiserfs vs ext3fs
On Monday 06 October 2003 14:06, PF wrote: > I found no faq or thread about comparing ReiserFS and Ext3FS for > use on laptops. Well, I always use ReiserFS (out of no particular reason, apart from maybe it being in the official kernel sources so early). And it works perfectly on my laptop. I never tried anything else, though. -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 02:46, Micha Feigin wrote: > You should use a script from acpid or something like that to > activate it and cpufreq. I can send it to you if you want (you will > still need the features enabled in the kernel). Yeah, could you send these? My stuff somehow doesn't work. I use this: echo 0:60:60:powersave > /proc/cpufreq Immediately after that, I get this: # cat /proc/cpufreq minimum CPU frequency - maximum CPU frequency - policy CPU 0 60 kHz ( 46 %) - 60 kHz ( 46 %) - powersave But after a couple of seconds, again this: minimum CPU frequency - maximum CPU frequency - policy CPU 0 60 kHz ( 46 %) -130 kHz (100 %) - powersave And all the time, the actual frequency doesn't seem to change: # cat /proc/cpuinfo [...] model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz stepping: 5 cpu MHz : 1294.774 [...] # uname -a Linux epiphyte 2.4.22-ac4 #1 Fri Oct 24 16:09:21 CEST 2003 i686 GNU/ Linux Compiled with CONFIG_CPU_FREQ, CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO and some other CPU Freq options. Any idea why it doesn't work? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 12:07, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > > Yeah, could you send these? My stuff somehow doesn't work. I use > > this: echo 0:60:60:powersave > /proc/cpufreq > > You are using a user space daemon which change the frequency on the > fly. You're right, this was due to cpufreqd changing it back. If I disable that, it stays at the 600Mhz-600Mhz range. But still, /proc/cpuinfo always gives cpu MHz : 1294.774 So, it's not working, is it? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 13:43, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > What version of cpufreq are you using? Older versions do not > update, or even worst, give false informations. You mean what version of the Kernel patch? I'm just running a normal ac kernel: 2.4.22-ac4. What version should I be using and where can I get it from? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 13:43, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > Also, the cpu MHz update is not done if you enable CONFIG_SMP with > latest cvs tree, tag LINUX_2_4. So well, compile UP. SMP is not enabled. -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M & cpudyn
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 16:37, Joan Tur wrote: > I'm using cpufreqd together with cpudyn; the first lets the cpu > speed change, and the second sets the speed to its lowest unless > power is needed ;) Well, for me it works with cpudyn - but not if I use that together with cpufreqd. But hey, it _does_ work. Thanks for the tip. -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Wednesday 05 November 2003 19:39, Micha Feigin wrote: > Could you post the output of dmesg? It is supposed to have near the > top information about the cpufreq data detected. This is the only line that seems relevant: speedstep-centrino: found "Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz": max frequency: 1300000kHz -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Kernel 2.6 + i855GM + X?
Hi, has anybody gotten Kernel 2.6 to work with X and the i855GM chipset? I'm using the drivers off of Intel's website together with XFree86 4.2 (sid) and Kernel 2.4.22-ac4 right now. Intel's drivers don't work with the 2.6 kernel. Are there any alternatives? Does XFree86 4.3 support i855GM natively? Any experiences? Thanks in advance... -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Kernel 2.6 + i855GM + X?
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 12:32, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > Got it working w/o any trouble (actually I didn't - it just worked) > with a 2.6beta10 kernel and xfree 4.3 What options did you use to compile the kernel? Did you use the i830 dri module? I've got XFree86 4.3 working now (with i810 as chipset) but only with a 2.4 kernel, not with 2.6. When I boot to 2.6.0-test11, I can't insert the i830 module and then X complains that it can't open /dev/agpgart (the agpgart kernel module gets loaded, however). -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Kernel 2.6 + i855GM + X?
On Thursday 04 December 2003 02:32, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > Using i830 as a module works fine for me. I also load intel-agp, > which pulls in agpgart, before starting X. Seems I was missing intel-agp. Now that I've compiled it into the kernel, it's all working fine. Thanks for your guys' help! However, I'm not quite sure whether my SpeedStep works. What are your experiences in that field? Do you use it? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
WLAN with the Linuxant driver
Hi,
I'm trying to get WLAN to work on my Dell Inspiron 500m with
Broadcom-based wireless adapter. I installed Linuxant's DriverLoader
driver (the trial version) and the module seems to work fine. It
loads into the kernel and I have successfully uploaded my Windows
driver via the webinterface.
iwlist scan also works, displaying the access point I want to connect
to. However, I'm confused as to how I'm supposed to start this
interface. I have configured eth1 (that's my wireless device) to use
dhcp just like my normal net connection - as it connects to the same
network.
Now, I tried to just ifup eth1 but that fails. Then I specified the
WEP key in interfaces and that gets set correctly. I tried setting
the essid through iwconfig but that gives neither an error nor does
it change anything.
I'm confused - what am I supposed to do to set up a wireless
connection in Debian?
Hoping for advice,
Magnus
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Re: Acer TM 803 and fan noise
On Monday 05 January 2004 06:10, Nicola Larosa wrote: > I would avoid using cpudynd and cpufreqd at the same time, they > would probably step on each other's toes. But surely that's not > what the OP meant. :^) They indeed do seem to step on each other's toes - at least that's what I've experienced. However, I'd be interested to know why you chose cpufreqd over cpudynd. I use cpudynd but for no particular reason. Is there anything that makes cpufreqd actually superior? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 02:46, Micha Feigin wrote: > You should use a script from acpid or something like that to > activate it and cpufreq. I can send it to you if you want (you will > still need the features enabled in the kernel). Yeah, could you send these? My stuff somehow doesn't work. I use this: echo 0:60:60:powersave > /proc/cpufreq Immediately after that, I get this: # cat /proc/cpufreq minimum CPU frequency - maximum CPU frequency - policy CPU 0 60 kHz ( 46 %) - 60 kHz ( 46 %) - powersave But after a couple of seconds, again this: minimum CPU frequency - maximum CPU frequency - policy CPU 0 60 kHz ( 46 %) -130 kHz (100 %) - powersave And all the time, the actual frequency doesn't seem to change: # cat /proc/cpuinfo [...] model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz stepping: 5 cpu MHz : 1294.774 [...] # uname -a Linux epiphyte 2.4.22-ac4 #1 Fri Oct 24 16:09:21 CEST 2003 i686 GNU/ Linux Compiled with CONFIG_CPU_FREQ, CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO and some other CPU Freq options. Any idea why it doesn't work? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpOSOdxK5mNY.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 12:07, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > > Yeah, could you send these? My stuff somehow doesn't work. I use > > this: echo 0:60:60:powersave > /proc/cpufreq > > You are using a user space daemon which change the frequency on the > fly. You're right, this was due to cpufreqd changing it back. If I disable that, it stays at the 600Mhz-600Mhz range. But still, /proc/cpuinfo always gives cpu MHz : 1294.774 So, it's not working, is it? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpgaOQbi3sMx.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 13:43, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > What version of cpufreq are you using? Older versions do not > update, or even worst, give false informations. You mean what version of the Kernel patch? I'm just running a normal ac kernel: 2.4.22-ac4. What version should I be using and where can I get it from? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpmF7GZYqgtJ.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 13:43, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > Also, the cpu MHz update is not done if you enable CONFIG_SMP with > latest cvs tree, tag LINUX_2_4. So well, compile UP. SMP is not enabled. -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpp2ZAYcHm20.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M & cpudyn
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 16:37, Joan Tur wrote: > I'm using cpufreqd together with cpudyn; the first lets the cpu > speed change, and the second sets the speed to its lowest unless > power is needed ;) Well, for me it works with cpudyn - but not if I use that together with cpufreqd. But hey, it _does_ work. Thanks for the tip. -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpoZvueR74WW.pgp Description: signature
Re: Pentium-M
On Wednesday 05 November 2003 19:39, Micha Feigin wrote: > Could you post the output of dmesg? It is supposed to have near the > top information about the cpufreq data detected. This is the only line that seems relevant: speedstep-centrino: found "Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz": max frequency: 1300000kHz -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpsQRV3c1WIz.pgp Description: signature
Kernel 2.6 + i855GM + X?
Hi, has anybody gotten Kernel 2.6 to work with X and the i855GM chipset? I'm using the drivers off of Intel's website together with XFree86 4.2 (sid) and Kernel 2.4.22-ac4 right now. Intel's drivers don't work with the 2.6 kernel. Are there any alternatives? Does XFree86 4.3 support i855GM natively? Any experiences? Thanks in advance... -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpP3ySmgnF94.pgp Description: signature
Re: Kernel 2.6 + i855GM + X?
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 12:32, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > Got it working w/o any trouble (actually I didn't - it just worked) > with a 2.6beta10 kernel and xfree 4.3 What options did you use to compile the kernel? Did you use the i830 dri module? I've got XFree86 4.3 working now (with i810 as chipset) but only with a 2.4 kernel, not with 2.6. When I boot to 2.6.0-test11, I can't insert the i830 module and then X complains that it can't open /dev/agpgart (the agpgart kernel module gets loaded, however). -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgp8V6l1U9i7M.pgp Description: signature
Re: Kernel 2.6 + i855GM + X?
On Thursday 04 December 2003 02:32, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > Using i830 as a module works fine for me. I also load intel-agp, > which pulls in agpgart, before starting X. Seems I was missing intel-agp. Now that I've compiled it into the kernel, it's all working fine. Thanks for your guys' help! However, I'm not quite sure whether my SpeedStep works. What are your experiences in that field? Do you use it? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpA0Fu9hemP3.pgp Description: signature
WLAN with the Linuxant driver
Hi,
I'm trying to get WLAN to work on my Dell Inspiron 500m with
Broadcom-based wireless adapter. I installed Linuxant's DriverLoader
driver (the trial version) and the module seems to work fine. It
loads into the kernel and I have successfully uploaded my Windows
driver via the webinterface.
iwlist scan also works, displaying the access point I want to connect
to. However, I'm confused as to how I'm supposed to start this
interface. I have configured eth1 (that's my wireless device) to use
dhcp just like my normal net connection - as it connects to the same
network.
Now, I tried to just ifup eth1 but that fails. Then I specified the
WEP key in interfaces and that gets set correctly. I tried setting
the essid through iwconfig but that gives neither an error nor does
it change anything.
I'm confused - what am I supposed to do to set up a wireless
connection in Debian?
Hoping for advice,
Magnus
--
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email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
address: International University
Campus 9, App. 13
D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany
phone:+49-7251-700-659
mobile: +49-179-4562940
web: http://www.vonkoeller.de
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Re: Acer TM 803 and fan noise
On Monday 05 January 2004 06:10, Nicola Larosa wrote: > I would avoid using cpudynd and cpufreqd at the same time, they > would probably step on each other's toes. But surely that's not > what the OP meant. :^) They indeed do seem to step on each other's toes - at least that's what I've experienced. However, I'd be interested to know why you chose cpufreqd over cpudynd. I use cpudynd but for no particular reason. Is there anything that makes cpufreqd actually superior? -- --- Magnus von Koeller --- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] address: International University Campus 9, App. 13 D-76646 Bruchsal / Germany phone:+49-7251-700-659 mobile: +49-179-4562940 web: http://www.vonkoeller.de pgpxeu6ppfFPQ.pgp Description: signature
