Re: NetBSD 5.0.1 on Dell E6400

[Soren Jacobsen <snj%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Oct 11, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Havard Eidnes wrote:

> > [...] but even my vga card (Intel 45 express) shows as not
> > configured [...]
>
> Isn't that the normal state of affairs for basically all graphics
> cards in NetBSD?  The software to drive the graphics beyond
> normal text output resides in the X11 server, not in the kernel.
> That is, if we're not talking about "direct rendering", which
> does indeed require code in the kernel.

The problem in this case is the agp driver.  There were known problems  
with Intel G45.

> > But what about X? I found this email
> > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-x11/2009/05/10/msg000494.html
> > Does it mean that I must install Intel driver from package to
> > get my vga working?
>
> That depends on which NetBSD version you installed, and whether
> you installed the X11 sets.  In NetBSD 5.0, it is the "xorg" code
> which is used for the in-tree X11 bits at least if you run i386
> or amd64, if I recall correctly, and therefore there should be
> less of a need to install X11 bits from pkgsrc to get an X server
> up and running.

On top of the above problems with the agp driver, the version of the  
xf86-video-intel driver that is shipped with 5.0 has trouble with  
G45.  Really, netbsd-5 is the way to go here.