intel 915GM 3D not working sonoma xfree 9.2

hi, just got my piece of j&^% dell 6000 with 915GM integraded graphics,
and can't get supertux to run smooth, 3D support (for my kids)
down loaded intel rpm, only has a tar file dripkg,..
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...2&DwnldID=8211
did not run, some kernel config missing, tried
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-x...-Feb/0010.html
that did not run,
compiled new kernel, took for hours , tried to boot, did not work, yeah had done a online update,
maybe should uninstall updated kernel and try again,.... last time with 9.1 was a problem,
now with 9.2 ,,..
did get somehow 915 GM entry (i810), and 1280x800 LCD, working, but no opengl 3D support,
also , can't get mplayer to work, video_out problem,...

help please,... sonoma 915GM, 915GMS intel graphics (i810) i830 supose to be new one,...
thanks, Robert Schultz linux@robsphoto.com

I can't help with this question but I am buying some new computers using the intel 915... will the intel 915 work with Suse 9.1... if I can do without 3D acceration.... justn eed GUI 1024x768 for YAST.

Originally posted by schu@robsphoto.com@Apr 10 2005, 11:12 AM
hi, just got my piece of j&^% dell 6000 with 915GM integraded graphics,
and can't get supertux to run smooth, 3D support (for my kids)
down loaded intel rpm, only has a tar file dripkg,..
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...2&DwnldID=8211
did not run, some kernel config missing, tried
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-x...-Feb/0010.html
that did not run,
compiled new kernel, took for hours , tried to boot, did not work, yeah had done a online update,
maybe should uninstall updated kernel and try again,.... last time with 9.1 was a problem,
now with 9.2 ,,..
did get somehow 915 GM entry (i810), and 1280x800 LCD, working, but no opengl 3D support,
also , can't get mplayer to work, video_out problem,...

help please,... sonoma 915GM, 915GMS intel graphics (i810) i830 supose to be new one,...
thanks, Robert Schultz linux@robsphoto.com

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I just got my Dell Inspiron 6000 in yesterday and spent sometime today getting it working. It was nearly flawless from an installation standpoint with SuSE 9.2. Everything was detected and other than my problems with X and the 915GM chip the laptop works very nicely.

I found your post and had a bit trouble with the SuSE list archive link you left. The actual link is:

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-xfree86...5-Feb/0010.html

I followed the email and README file from the FTP site and was able to get X working using the i810 driver instead of the VESA Framebuffer. The only problem I had with getting X configured after I installed the updated Xorg 6.8.2 packages was Sax2. Sax kept updating the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and the Xserver was looking at /etc/X11/xorg.conf for its configuration. It took me awhile to figure out why everything looked good when I tested the display from Sax2 but I wasn't getting anything but the FrameBuffer configuration when I set the system runlevel to 5. I created a symlink to XF86Config name xorg.conf and I was happy to finally getting a resolution greater than 600x800. I can now drive my display at a full native 1280X800 with a 24 bit color depth.

The hard part will be keeping the kernel modules up to date if the kernel is updated under SuSE 9.2. I will have to check what version of X SuSE 9.3 ships with as that may be the ultimate solution of 9.2 ships with Xorg 6.8.2 or better packages.

may i ask you, does the 3D work?

Hi,

I was facing the same problem with my Toshiba laptop with Intel 915GM chipse graphics card. Finally I installed SuSE Linux 10 last night and it detected the card automatically. Without doing any thing I got the 1280 x 768 resolution in 24-bit colours. I haven't tried 3D yet, so I cannot confirm that part.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Sandeep.