Running fedora core 2 on Intel 915 chipset

[James Wilkinson]

Matthew Asplund wrote:
> I just got three Dell GX280 computers for a lab, and tried to put
> Fedora Core 2 on them.  Initially the network and X11 didn't work.  I
> upgraded the kernel to the newest, and then the network works.  As far
> as X11, no luck so far.  Even with the device set for VESA (using a
> Dell 19" LCD with DVI connector) the monitor goes to sleep, and I get
> a warning saying that it cannot lock a region of memory.  On the
> suggestion of somebody on a dell support forum, I downloaded the
> latest Intel drivers and tried to compile them.  Their script dies,
> saying that I need the latest version of the modules.
> 
> Has anybody already played with this?

Apparently. Arjan van de Ven posted to the development list:

> A kernel with the i915 DRM driver is now available from
> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6
> 
> will also appear in tomorrows (today?) rawhide sync

Good luck!

James.

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