[KLUG Hardware] Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop

[Mike Morrett]

I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop (BIOS dated 11/05/02) that I'm
*trying* to load BSWare 8.0 or Mandrake 9.0.
(Intel i815EM/82815 chipset with integrated i752 graphics 1MB video
memory)

Linux appears to install just fine, but when X starts, the screen looks
like the Vert Freq is way off.

The output from "X > /tmp/x.out 2>&1" contains three errors, and I have
to clue what they mean.

According to "
http://www.atomised.org/docs/XFree86-4.2.1/i810__dri_8c-source.html ",
Line #557, it appears the error is the failure of trying to "allocate and
bind the agp space".

A problem with allocating memory for the AGP video chip?

What the fork is a "kernel ring buffer"????

Mike

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XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
	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://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF] 
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
 
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-18.8.0 (bhcompile@daffy.perf.redhat.com)
(gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Thu Nov 14
00:10:29 EST 2002 
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Dec 17 21:58:46 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(EE) I810(0): [agp] drmAgpAlloc failed
(EE) I810(0): [drm] failed to remove DRM signal handler
DRIUnlock called when not locked
(EE) I810(0): Ring buffer allocation failed

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
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