X trouble with Intel 82810E DC-133 graphics chipset in FC5T2

[Willem Riede]

I tried to upgrade an oldish Dell Optiplex GX110 that's now running FC3 to FC5T2,
and this is how far I got:

... Intel 82810E DC-133 cGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
... Viewsonic P813
1...2...3...4...5.... X server started successfully
mini-wm: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on Xserver :1.0

and the tail of X.log reads:

(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
(EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available.  Make sure your kernel has
        agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded.
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Known problem? Should I bugzilla? Provide more information?

Thanks, Willem Riede.

PS - appologies for re-posting, I had not used the right subject.

[Jeremy Katz]

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 18:54 -0500, Willem Riede wrote: 
>  I tried to upgrade an oldish Dell Optiplex GX110 that's now
> running FC3 to FC5T2,
>  and this is how far I got: 
[snip] 
>  Known problem? Should I bugzilla? Provide more information? 
It looks like this is probably due to agpgart going away from the i586
kernel (which is used as the CD kernel).  Can you file a bug against the
kernel asking for it to be re-added as it's needed for this reason?

Jeremy

[Dave Jones]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:53:35PM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
>  On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 18:54 -0500, Willem Riede wrote: 
>  > I tried to upgrade an oldish Dell Optiplex GX110 that's now running FC3 to
> FC5T2,
>  > and this is how far I got:
>  [snip] 
>  > Known problem? Should I bugzilla? Provide more information?
>  
>  It looks like this is probably due to agpgart going away from the i586
>  kernel (which is used as the CD kernel).  Can you file a bug against the
>  kernel asking for it to be re-added as it's needed for this reason? 
I missed the original post. I assume this is some shared-mem video problem?
Anyway, I just re-added it.

		Dave

[Willem Riede]

On 01/22/2006 11:58:52 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
>  On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:53:35PM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
>   > On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 18:54 -0500, Willem Riede wrote: > > I tried to  
>  upgrade an oldish Dell Optiplex GX110 that's now running FC3
>   > > to FC5T2, and this is how far I got:
>   > [snip] > > Known problem? Should I bugzilla? Provide more information?
>   > > It looks like this is probably due to agpgart going away from the i586
>   > kernel (which is used as the CD kernel).  Can you file a bug against the
>   > kernel asking for it to be re-added as it's needed for this reason?
>  
>  I missed the original post. I assume this is some shared-mem video problem?
>  Anyway, I just re-added it. 
I'm happy to report that this problem no longer exists in FC5T3, however, this  
PC now reproducibly locks up hard after several mintus of "Starting Install  
Process". Nothing on screen to indicate what happened. The old FC3 stll boots.  
Anaconda had created install.log and install.log.syslog, but both files are  
empty.

Regards, Willem Riede.

[Jim Cornette]

Willem Riede wrote:
>  On 01/22/2006 11:58:52 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:53:35PM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> >  > On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 18:54 -0500, Willem Riede wrote: > > I tried 
> > to upgrade an oldish Dell Optiplex GX110 that's now running FC3
> >  > > to FC5T2, and this is how far I got:
> >  > [snip] > > Known problem? Should I bugzilla? Provide more information?
> >  > > It looks like this is probably due to agpgart going away from the 
> > i586
> >  > kernel (which is used as the CD kernel).  Can you file a bug 
> > against the
> >  > kernel asking for it to be re-added as it's needed for this reason?
> >
> > I missed the original post. I assume this is some shared-mem video 
> > problem?
> > Anyway, I just re-added it.
>  
>  I'm happy to report that this problem no longer exists in FC5T3, 
>  however, this PC now reproducibly locks up hard after several mintus of 
>  "Starting Install Process". Nothing on screen to indicate what happened. 
>  The old FC3 stll boots. Anaconda had created install.log and 
>  install.log.syslog, but both files are empty.
>  
>  Regards, Willem Riede. 
I'm still downloading the DVD. I plan to Install after I get the DVD 
downloaded and burned on a computer which has an Intel 815 video. I will 
see if I get any further with the system than you were able to get.

Are you giving mountpoints or sharing /home with the FC5T3 installation?
I have FC4, FC5T2, Development and Windows ME on it presently. I use 
seperate boot partitions for each installation and do not share any 
volumes with the other installations. (separate /home. /boot, same swap)

If you are sharing common mountpoints with FC3, what happens if you do 
not try to share mountpoints between installations?

Jim

[Willem Riede]

On 02/21/2006 08:38:45 PM, Jim Cornette wrote:
>  
>  Are you giving mountpoints or sharing /home with the FC5T3 installation?
>  I have FC4, FC5T2, Development and Windows ME on it presently. I use 
>  seperate boot partitions for each installation and do not share any 
>  volumes with the other installations. (separate /home. /boot, same swap)
>  
>  If you are sharing common mountpoints with FC3, what happens if you do 
>  not try to share mountpoints between installations? 
No, this PC has only FC3 on it (with /, swap and /home on separate partitions)
which I was trying to have anaconda upgrade to FC5T3, at which point that 
would be all that's on it.

Regards, Willem Riede.

[Jim Cornette]

Willem Riede wrote:
>  On 02/21/2006 08:38:45 PM, Jim Cornette wrote:
> > Are you giving mountpoints or sharing /home with the FC5T3 installation? 
>  
>  No, this PC has only FC3 on it (with /, swap and /home on separate partitions)
>  which I was trying to have anaconda upgrade to FC5T3, at which point that 
>  would be all that's on it. 
That eliminates the problem I suspected. Do you think that maybe the 
process is just trying to update items which do not exist? I am 
referring to the downscaling and also program relocation from core to 
Extras and complete elimination of some programs from the distro.

Also, I had trouble on my rawhide installation for items which depended 
upon hotplug. This program is being removed but scanners, media players 
and the like have programs which require hotplug on earlier installs.

I used yum remove hotplug and allowed several programs to uninstall, I 
then reinstalled the scanner software. What happens if you remove 
hotplug, keep track of desired programs for reinstallation after hotplug 
is removed?

>  
>  Regards, Willem Riede.
>   
>  I'm happy to report that this problem no longer exists in FC5T3,
however, this PC now reproducibly locks up hard after several mintus of
"Starting Install Process". Nothing on screen to indicate what happened.
The old FC3 stll boots. Anaconda had created install.log and
install.log.syslog, but both files are empty.
>  
>  Regards, Willem Riede. 


It seems that the kernel is allowing AGP. My Intel 815 card worked fine 
on proceeding with the upgrade. I upgraded an FC5T1 to FC5T3 for test 
successfully. (on 7 GIG partition with the default selection)

Anyway, the kernel and video seem alright. Intel probably is not the 
cause. I did however have the need to upgrade BIOS and set video related 
settings up for another computer with an Intel 865G video which is a 
Dell computer. I take it your legacy video setting is already adjusted 
in BIOS

Jim.