Intel G965 graphics, X.org 7.2, and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE

I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add.
When I start X, I get the following error message:

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (+
+) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36 2007
(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1)
found
(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
(EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too
low ??

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

Here are my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf (automatically generated by
xorgcfg):

Xorg.0.log : http://www.divshare.com/download/727706-dc0
xorg.conf : http://www.divshare.com/download/727709-b25

As far as I could find out by googling, FreeBSD cannot use this device
because the i810 X.org driver looks for AGP devices and this is not
one.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

In article <1180047536.009062.276850@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
wrote:
>
>I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
>It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
>PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
>this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
>yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add.
>When I start X, I get the following error message:
>
>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (+
>+) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
>unknown.
>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36 2007
>(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1)
>found
>(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
>(EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too
>low ??
>
>Fatal server error:
>AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>
>Here are my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf (automatically generated by
>xorgcfg):
>
>Xorg.0.log : http://www.divshare.com/download/727706-dc0
>xorg.conf : http://www.divshare.com/download/727709-b25
>
>As far as I could find out by googling, FreeBSD cannot use this device
>because the i810 X.org driver looks for AGP devices and this is not
>one.
>
>Any ideas on how to fix this?
>

I had a similar problem with X.org 7.2. When I stopped using 915resolution
the X server started. This all worked fine X.org 6.9.

(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum

915resolution doesn't patch the videao bios checksum.

Mark

On May 24, 8:37 pm, m...@drugs.dv.isc.org (Mark Andrews) wrote:
> In article <1180047536.009062.276...@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
>
>
>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
> >It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
> >PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
> >this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
> >yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add.
> >When I start X, I get the following error message:
>
> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (+
> >+) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
> >unknown.
> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36 2007
> >(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1)
> >found
> >(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
> >(EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too
> >low ??
>
> >Fatal server error:
> >AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>
> >Here are my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf (automatically generated by
> >xorgcfg):
>
> >Xorg.0.log :http://www.divshare.com/download/727706-dc0
> >xorg.conf :http://www.divshare.com/download/727709-b25
>
> >As far as I could find out by googling, FreeBSD cannot use this device
> >because the i810 X.org driver looks for AGP devices and this is not
> >one.
>
> >Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> I had a similar problem with X.org 7.2. When I stopped using 915resolution
> the X server started. This all worked fine X.org 6.9.
>
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
>
> 915resolution doesn't patch the videao bios checksum.
>
> Mark

I'm not using 915resolution as far as I know. I have just installed
FreeBSD on this machine, and right now, the only additional installed
packages are "bash" and "X.org 7.2".

On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:05:13 -0700, novembre wrote:

> On May 24, 8:37 pm, m...@drugs.dv.isc.org (Mark Andrews) wrote:
>> In article <1180047536.009062.276...@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
>>
>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
>> >It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
>> >PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
>> >this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
>> >yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add. When I
>> >start X, I get the following error message:
>>
>> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (+
>> >+) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>> > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
>> >unknown.
>> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36 2007
>> >(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1)
>> >found
>> >(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
>> >(EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too
>> >low ??
>>
>> >Fatal server error:
>> >AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>>
>> >Here are my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf (automatically generated by
>> >xorgcfg):
>>
>> >Xorg.0.log :http://www.divshare.com/download/727706-dc0 xorg.conf
>> >:http://www.divshare.com/download/727709-b25
>>
>> >As far as I could find out by googling, FreeBSD cannot use this device
>> >because the i810 X.org driver looks for AGP devices and this is not
>> >one.
>>
>> >Any ideas on how to fix this?
>>
>> I had a similar problem with X.org 7.2. When I stopped using
>> 915resolution the X server started. This all worked fine X.org 6.9.
>>
>> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
>>
>> 915resolution doesn't patch the videao bios checksum.
>>
>> Mark
>
> I'm not using 915resolution as far as I know. I have just installed
> FreeBSD on this machine, and right now, the only additional installed
> packages are "bash" and "X.org 7.2".

Have you tried loading the agp module first (kldload agp)?

--
Conrad J. Sabatier

On May 25, 5:49 pm, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:05:13 -0700, novembre wrote:
> > On May 24, 8:37 pm, m...@drugs.dv.isc.org (Mark Andrews) wrote:
> >> In article <1180047536.009062.276...@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
> >> >It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
> >> >PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
> >> >this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
> >> >yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add. When I
> >> >start X, I get the following error message:
>
> >> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (+
> >> >+) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> >> > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
> >> >unknown.
> >> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36 2007
> >> >(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1)
> >> >found
> >> >(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
> >> >(EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too
> >> >low ??
>
> >> >Fatal server error:
> >> >AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>
> >> >Here are my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf (automatically generated by
> >> >xorgcfg):
>
> >> >Xorg.0.log :http://www.divshare.com/download/727706-dc0xorg.conf
> >> >:http://www.divshare.com/download/727709-b25
>
> >> >As far as I could find out by googling, FreeBSD cannot use this device
> >> >because the i810 X.org driver looks for AGP devices and this is not
> >> >one.
>
> >> >Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> >> I had a similar problem with X.org 7.2. When I stopped using
> >> 915resolution the X server started. This all worked fine X.org 6.9.
>
> >> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
>
> >> 915resolution doesn't patch the videao bios checksum.
>
> >> Mark
>
> > I'm not using 915resolution as far as I know. I have just installed
> > FreeBSD on this machine, and right now, the only additional installed
> > packages are "bash" and "X.org 7.2".
>
> Have you tried loading the agp module first (kldload agp)?
>
> --
> Conrad J. Sabatier


I'm not quite sure if it'll work that way, since there is no AGP card/
chip in this machine. When booting the system, instead of the default
configuration, I asked loader to list the already-loaded modules by
"lsmod" and agp was among them. So I assume that it's trying to load
the agp module itself, but after booting "dmesg | grep agp" returns
nothing, thus no agp component in the system.
To answer your question though, no I have NOT put agp_load="YES" in
loader.conf

On May 25, 7:58 pm, novem...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 25, 5:49 pm, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:05:13 -0700, novembre wrote:
> > > On May 24, 8:37 pm, m...@drugs.dv.isc.org (Mark Andrews) wrote:
> > >> In article <1180047536.009062.276...@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
>
> > >> wrote:
>
> > >> >I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
> > >> >It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
> > >> >PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
> > >> >this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
> > >> >yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add. When I
> > >> >start X, I get the following error message:
>
> > >> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (+
> > >> >+) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> > >> > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
> > >> >unknown.
> > >> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36 2007
> > >> >(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1)
> > >> >found
> > >> >(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
> > >> >(EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too
> > >> >low ??
>
> > >> >Fatal server error:
> > >> >AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>
> > >> >Here are my Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf (automatically generated by
> > >> >xorgcfg):
>
> > >> >Xorg.0.log :http://www.divshare.com/download/727706-dc0xorg.conf
> > >> >:http://www.divshare.com/download/727709-b25
>
> > >> >As far as I could find out by googling, FreeBSD cannot use this device
> > >> >because the i810 X.org driver looks for AGP devices and this is not
> > >> >one.
>
> > >> >Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> > >> I had a similar problem with X.org 7.2. When I stopped using
> > >> 915resolution the X server started. This all worked fine X.org 6.9.
>
> > >> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
>
> > >> 915resolution doesn't patch the videao bios checksum.
>
> > >> Mark
>
> > > I'm not using 915resolution as far as I know. I have just installed
> > > FreeBSD on this machine, and right now, the only additional installed
> > > packages are "bash" and "X.org 7.2".
>
> > Have you tried loading the agp module first (kldload agp)?
>
> > --
> > Conrad J. Sabatier
>
> I'm not quite sure if it'll work that way, since there is no AGP card/
> chip in this machine. When booting the system, instead of the default
> configuration, I asked loader to list the already-loaded modules by
> "lsmod" and agp was among them. So I assume that it's trying to load
> the agp module itself, but after booting "dmesg | grep agp" returns
> nothing, thus no agp component in the system.
> To answer your question though, no I have NOT put agp_load="YES" in
> loader.conf


any ideas?

On Sat, 26 May 2007 16:31:37 -0700, novembre wrote:

> On May 25, 7:58 pm, novem...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On May 25, 5:49 pm, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:05:13 -0700, novembre wrote:
>>
>> When I start X, I get the following error message:
>>
>> > >> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default
>> > >> >setting, (+ +) from command line, (!!) notice, (II)
>> > >> >informational,
>> > >> > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented,
>> > >> > (??)
>> > >> >unknown.
>> > >> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36
>> > >> >2007 (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID
>> > >> >PCI:0:2:1) found
>> > >> >(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or
>> > >> >directory) (EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your
>> > >> >VideoRAM set too low ??
>>
>> > >> >Fatal server error:
>> > >> >AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

>>
>> > Have you tried loading the agp module first (kldload agp)?
>>
>> > --
>> > Conrad J. Sabatier
>>
>> I'm not quite sure if it'll work that way, since there is no AGP card/
>> chip in this machine. When booting the system, instead of the default
>> configuration, I asked loader to list the already-loaded modules by
>> "lsmod" and agp was among them. So I assume that it's trying to load
>> the agp module itself, but after booting "dmesg | grep agp" returns
>> nothing, thus no agp component in the system. To answer your question
>> though, no I have NOT put agp_load="YES" in loader.conf
>
>
> any ideas?

Well, just judging from the Xorg log output you've posted, it appears
that the driver you're trying to use requires the agpgart device.

Try manually loading the agp driver after booting and logging in with:

kldload agp

Then verify that the device is created:

ls -l /dev/agpgart

Then try starting X again, or reconfiguring X once more.

If your device truly is *not* an AGP device, but the driver requires one,
then you've got a real problem, to say the least. :-) Are you
absolutely certain you're using the right driver?

Anyway, good luck!

--
Conrad J. Sabatier

On May 28, 10:30 pm, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote:
> On Sat, 26 May 2007 16:31:37 -0700, novembre wrote:
> > On May 25, 7:58 pm, novem...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> On May 25, 5:49 pm, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote:
>
> >> > On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:05:13 -0700, novembre wrote:
>
> >> When I start X, I get the following error message:
>
> >> > >> >Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default
> >> > >> >setting, (+ +) from command line, (!!) notice, (II)
> >> > >> >informational,
> >> > >> > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented,
> >> > >> > (??)
> >> > >> >unknown.
> >> > >> >(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 23 15:11:36
> >> > >> >2007 (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID
> >> > >> >PCI:0:2:1) found
> >> > >> >(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or
> >> > >> >directory) (EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your
> >> > >> >VideoRAM set too low ??
>
> >> > >> >Fatal server error:
> >> > >> >AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>
> >> > Have you tried loading the agp module first (kldload agp)?
>
> >> > --
> >> > Conrad J. Sabatier
>
> >> I'm not quite sure if it'll work that way, since there is no AGP card/
> >> chip in this machine. When booting the system, instead of the default
> >> configuration, I asked loader to list the already-loaded modules by
> >> "lsmod" and agp was among them. So I assume that it's trying to load
> >> the agp module itself, but after booting "dmesg | grep agp" returns
> >> nothing, thus no agp component in the system. To answer your question
> >> though, no I have NOT put agp_load="YES" in loader.conf
>
> > any ideas?
>
> Well, just judging from the Xorg log output you've posted, it appears
> that the driver you're trying to use requires the agpgart device.
>
> Try manually loading the agp driver after booting and logging in with:
>
> kldload agp
>
> Then verify that the device is created:
>
> ls -l /dev/agpgart
>
> Then try starting X again, or reconfiguring X once more.
>
> If your device truly is *not* an AGP device, but the driver requires one,
> then you've got a real problem, to say the least. :-) Are you
> absolutely certain you're using the right driver?
>
> Anyway, good luck!
>
> --
> Conrad J. Sabatier


"kldload agp" returns the following error message:
-----
kldload: can't load agp: File exists
-----
and so "ls /dev/" does not show any agp device...

On Wed, 30 May 2007 13:04:51 -0700, novembre wrote:

> On May 28, 10:30 pm, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote:
>>
>> Well, just judging from the Xorg log output you've posted, it appears
>> that the driver you're trying to use requires the agpgart device.
>>
>> Try manually loading the agp driver after booting and logging in with:
>>
>> kldload agp
>>
>> Then verify that the device is created:
>>
>> ls -l /dev/agpgart
>>
>> Then try starting X again, or reconfiguring X once more.
>>
>> If your device truly is *not* an AGP device, but the driver requires
>> one, then you've got a real problem, to say the least. :-) Are you
>> absolutely certain you're using the right driver?
>
> "kldload agp" returns the following error message: -----
> kldload: can't load agp: File exists
> -----
> and so "ls /dev/" does not show any agp device...

OK, so apparently, you have the agp device built into your kernel, but
it's not configuring properly for some reason.

Have you checked your BIOS setup? Some machines allow the graphics
device to be configured as either a straight PCI device or as an AGP
device.

You can verify your kernel with 'kldstat|grep agp', BTW.

--
Conrad J. Sabatier

novembre-at-gmail.com wrote:
> On May 24, 8:37 pm, m...@drugs.dv.isc.org (Mark Andrews) wrote:
> > In article <1180047536.009062.276...@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
> >
> >
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I'm having problems starting X on my new DELL Dimension E520 desktop.
> > >It has an Intel G965 Express Chipset (with ICH8 SATA I/O controller,
> > >PCI Express, etc.). I have recently installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on
> > >this machine (although the SATA DVD drive is not supported by FreeBSD
> > >yet) and have installed the latest X.org 7.2 using pkg_add.
> > >When I start X, I get the following error message:

On my laptop i have been obliged to remove agp from kernel config,
download a more recent version of agp source code ( i don't remember
if it was from 6-STABLE or 7-CURRENT) and load it as kernel module
before agp was correctly recognized and then the i810 X driver worked
OK. The message i have is
agp0: port 0x1800-0x1807 mem
0xd0100000-0xd017ffff,0xb0000000-0xbfffffff,0xd0200000-0xd023ffff irq 16
at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: detected 7932k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 256M
Then in the Xorg.0.log
(II) I810(0): [drm] Registers = 0xd0100000
(II) I810(0): [drm] Back Buffer = 0xbf000000
(II) I810(0): [drm] Depth Buffer = 0xbe800000
(II) I810(0): [drm] ring buffer = 0xb0000000
(II) I810(0): [drm] textures = 0xb0860000
(II) I810(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 16
(II) I810(0): [drm] Initialized kernel agp heap manager, 45088768
(II) I810(0): [drm] Registers = 0xd0100000
(II) I810(0): [drm] Back Buffer = 0xbf000000
(II) I810(0): [drm] Depth Buffer = 0xbe800000
(II) I810(0): [drm] ring buffer = 0xb0000000
(II) I810(0): [drm] textures = 0xb0860000
(II) I810(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 16
(II) I810(0): [drm] Initialized kernel agp heap manager, 45088768
(II) I810(0): [dri] visual configs initialized
(II) I810(0): [dri] visual configs initialized


--

Michel TALON