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Subject:    Re: nforce2 and /dev/agpgart
From:       "Carl D. Blake" <carl () boeckeler ! com>
Date:       2002-12-23 20:16:38
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On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 00:51, jesse jacobs wrote:
> You're gonna want the nforce chipset drivers.  currently at 1.0-0248 don't
> bother with with the display driver k.(and yes this supports the nforce2).
>  just read the readme and all should be well.
> P.S. head over to alsa.sourceforge.net and get the alsa drivers for the
> nforce they will have to be patched for the nforce2 though.
> 
I've already installed those chipset drivers (version 1.0-0248). They
don't provide support to get agpgart working.  Those drivers did get my
sound working, but I still need to get agpgart working.
> >
> > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 11:04, Samuel Flory wrote:
> >> Carl D. Blake wrote:
> >>
> >> >I recently had to change my motherboard and purchased an EPOX athlon
> >> nforce2 motherboard.  Everything on the motherboard seems to be
> >> supported under linux except the /dev/agpgart device.  I'm currently
> >> using redhat's 2.4.9-21 kernel. I've searched the web and cannot find
> >> any information about what kernel will fully support the nforce2
> >> chipset.  Does anyone here know what, if any, kernel will support the
> >> agpgart device on nforce2 chipsets.  Is it on the experimental
> >> kernels?  Currently direct rendering doesn't work without support for
> >> the agpgart device.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>   Well there is a binary driver from NVIDIA.  You will need to make
> >> sure
> >> you have install the kernel-source rpm for the 2.4.9-21 Red Hat kernel
> >>  release.  Then download the nvidia-glx and Nvidia-kernel*.src (aka
> >> kernel source rpm) rpms.  Rebuild the nvidia kernel rpm (rpm
> >> --rebuild),  and then install both the glx and kernel rpms.
> >>
> > I already looked at those drivers.  I thought they were display drivers
> > meant for use with nvidia's display cards.  I'm just using the nforce
> > chipset which does not include an nvidia display adapter.  In fact I'm
> > using an ATI Radeon display card.  If I do need to use those display
> > drivers, how would I incorporate them into a system that is using an ATI
> > Radeon display card?  Can I somehow extract just the agpgart support?
> >> --
> >> There is no such thing as obsolete hardware.
> >> Merely hardware that other people don't want.
> >> (The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition)
> >> Sam Flory  <sflory@rackable.com>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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