Re: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Beolach <beolach@comcast.net>]

Flemming Greve Skovengaard wrote:
> No, I don't have frame buffer support and I have a ATI Radeon 8500 graphics
> card. The only solution that comes to mind, and don't hade me if it is 
> stupid,
> is that I have to re-compile X, Gnome or both with the new kernel.
> 

I would guess that you should not have to re-compile X or Gnome.  If you
have an ATI card, I don't have any personal experience with potential
problems, but here's something else (you might already have done) I
thought might be a cause of your current problem.  Check if your kernel
has the ATI chipset support compiled in with the command

	zgrep CONFIG_AGP_ATI /proc/config.gz

or else (if /proc/config.gz doesn't exist)

	grep CONFIG_AGP_ATI .config

in your 2.6.0 source directory.

Also check for CONFIG_DRM & CONFIG_DRM_RADEON in the same way.  All of
these options are required for X to work with hardware acceleration of
an ATI Radeon card.

Wish you luck,
Conway S. Smith

OT P.S.
The /proc/config.gz file is a new feature of the 2.6 kernels that I
think is a great idea.  It shows the kernel config file that was used
to compile the currently running kernel.  But it is optional, and may
not exist on all systems.

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