i945gm video driver problem and solution

[kirk]

Wilsonb,

I tried it on my wife's laptop (computer) and dri works. Here's what you should try.

1) Make a new pup_save file. You can boot with "puppy pfix=ram" boot option from CD and then reboot, this will get you another pup_save file.

2) Copy usr folder from the 945gm-stuff.tar.bz2 I posted above to /. DO NOT use the lib folder from the 945gm-stuff.tar.bz2 package. That's only for 2.16, you should have that stuff anyway. Which brings us to step 3.

3) Make sure you have /lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/drivers/char/drm/drm.ko & i810.ko (or maybe i915.ko, don't remember). If you copy a module from the zdrv, make sure you do a depmod -a.

4) Add the

Load "dri"

to your xorg.conf and restart X.

5) Test it out!

[jamesbond]

Kirk,

Thanks for your tip. For the longest time I thought I couldn't get gxine to play DVD on xorg - in fact that was the advice I told a few ppl earlier. Your post allowed me to fix it - and now my Acer uses xorg (instead of Xvesa) with full acceleration and gxine plays even better than before.

cheers!
James