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Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:09:22 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Gail M. Pickett" <gmpicket@icx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: XFree86 and Intel 810 chipset 
Message-ID:  <200002151909.LAA02215@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:55:01 EST." <3.0.6.32.20000215105501.007a1100@mailhub.icx.net> 

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> I just bought a desktop computer that has an Intel 810 chipset and I am
> having trouble setting up XFree86.  I updated to the newly released version
> 3.3.6 which says it supports the Intel 810 chipset (video driver), but I
> have been unable to make the thing fly.  
> 
> The info from XFree86.org says that it includes support, but it is not
> enabled by default as it needs kernel module.  What does that mean?  
> 
> In the configuration notes (for the 810 chipset) they say that it is
> necessary to install the "agpgart.o" module which accompanies the server.
> I have been unable to find this file.  When I find it, how do I compile it?  

It only works on Linux.  We need proper AGP support, one of the things 
that's been on my to-do list for some time now.

If there's an aspiring chipset hacker out there looking for a 
well-defined task to undertake, please let me know and I can get you 
pointed in the right directions.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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