Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread maxim wexler
> You'll get there. Search out the real name of the > AMD agp-gart driver > if you haven't already. Under dev drvrs->ATA support->AMD and nVidia IDE support <*> Click help to find it's called CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX. I wanted to compile it in so DMA would come alive at boot. I must have done some

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/26/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Maxim, > >I was looking at this some more since I need to > > deal with it next > > week. I found that in the 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 kernel > > there a kernel > > config option called > > > > 'AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support' > >

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/26/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, at least X works. What video card will you be > using? Contrary to many folks preferences I got an inexpensive PCI-E 1x Radeon to try out. I've had pretty good luck with ATI before. Anyway, I'm going right down the same path you're ha

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > Maxim, >I was looking at this some more since I need to > deal with it next > week. I found that in the 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 kernel > there a kernel > config option called > > 'AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support' > > I suspect that this will address many of the issues > you're seeing.

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > > > Have you guys looked at the nvidia site? They have > 'drivers' (i.e., > kernel modules) for their motherboard chipsets as > well as their video > cards. Perhaps that's what you both need. I know > that nvidia-kernel and > nvidia-glx exist in Portage for the video cards, but > that's not o

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread maxim wexler
--- Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > What motherboard do you have? > > > > Asus K8N-E Deluxe skt 754 w/nVidia chipset > > > > We're in this one together buddy! I

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/26/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht schreef: > > > > Anyway, I bought one today so I'm in the life raft with ya! > > > > Cheers, > > Mark > > > > Have you guys looked at the nvidia site? They have 'drivers' (i.e., > kernel modules) for their motherboard chipsets as

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: > On 8/25/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>--- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>What motherboard do you have? >> >>Asus K8N-E Deluxe skt 754 w/nVidia chipset >> > > > We're in this one together buddy! I managed to buy one of > those motherboa

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/25/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > What motherboard do you have? > > > > Asus K8N-E Deluxe skt 754 w/nVidia chipset > > > > We're in this one together buddy!

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/25/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What motherboard do you have? > > Asus K8N-E Deluxe skt 754 w/nVidia chipset > We're in this one together buddy! I managed to buy one of those motherboards today from NewEgg. I'll be

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread maxim wexler
> Perhaps you didn't select it (a lot of people make > that === message truncated === sorry for posting twice I had to go re-read the "truncated" part. #eix ati-drivers Can't open database for file /var/cache/eix. that's because there ain't none. ditto /etc/portage/package.mask. something els

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread maxim wexler
--- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, now I have some time to look at this in detail: > > maxim wexler schreef: > > > > --- Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On 8/23/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>wrote: > >> > >>>Hi Maxim, > >>> An AGP support issue pr

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread Holly Bostick
OK, now I have some time to look at this in detail: maxim wexler schreef: > > --- Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On 8/23/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> >>>Hi Maxim, >>> An AGP support issue probably. Which kernel are >> >>you using? Mark, I think you're right: >

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/25/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another thing, > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-353295-highlight-xf86enomem.html > > all seem to be complaining about DRM failure but > according to the gentoo-radeon-faq: > > * Device drivers -> Character Devices -> Direct > R

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread Holly Bostick
maxim wexler schreef: > Another thing, > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-353295-highlight-xf86enomem.html > > all seem to be complaining about DRM failure but > according to the gentoo-radeon-faq: > > * Device drivers -> Character Devices -> Direct > Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 a

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread maxim wexler
Another thing, http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-353295-highlight-xf86enomem.html all seem to be complaining about DRM failure but according to the gentoo-radeon-faq: * Device drivers -> Character Devices -> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support): DISABLED

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-25 Thread maxim wexler
--- Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/23/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Maxim, > >An AGP support issue probably. Which kernel are > you using? > > I found that running with a 2.6.12 kernel gave me > this error; > downgrading to 2.6.11 fixed it. here's a relev

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-24 Thread Ryan Sims
On 8/23/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Maxim, >An AGP support issue probably. Which kernel are you using? I found that running with a 2.6.12 kernel gave me this error; downgrading to 2.6.11 fixed it. here's a relevant forum topic: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-353295-

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

2005-08-23 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi Maxim, An AGP support issue probably. Which kernel are you using? My recommendation (which sounds like you've been doing so I'm not sure there's any value here.) would be: 1) Build your kernel with support for /dev/agpgart and the right chipset support under that section. Make them both