X on intel i810

[Joel Gwynn]

Thanks.  I'm running potato (2.2.6?), and I did look on the intel site for
the latest drivers; the one I'm using is the latest.  Where would I find
newer ones?  Or are you telling me that if I upgrade my dist to something
later, the support will be native?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Lanning" <slanning at BUPHY.bu.edu>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: X on intel i810


> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Joel Gwynn wrote:
> >Anyone have any experience getting X to work on the intel 82815
> >controller?
>
> I run i810 (Dell box) fine, but I have newer XFree86 and kernel.
>
> >I went to the intel site, and downloaded their linux
> >driver, as well as the agp module, and followed all the
> >instructions.  All I get is this output:
> >
> >css_pw02:~# startx
> [snip...]
> >XFCom_i810 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
> >Release Date: May 19 2000
> > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> > than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> > problems.  (see
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm)
>
> May 2000 == older than 6-12 months. :)
>
> >Operating System: Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686 [ELF]
>
> I think the 2.2 series is even up to like 2.2.20 (?)
> I run 2.4.7 no problems.
> It's not to rag on you for having older stuff,
> but the agpgart things seem to have been developed
> alot recently (I used to have to select experimental modules
> for the agpgart.o to show up when configuring to compile the kernel,
> but now I think it's standard)
>
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