[CentOS] Intel HD graphics & CentOS 6: Error inserting i915

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:28:12PM +0300, Timo Neuvonen wrote:
> "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik at iki.fi> kirjoitti viestissä 
> news:20110731184737.GP32373 at reaktio.net...
> > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:29:59PM +0200, Marc Deop wrote:
> >> On Saturday 30 July 2011 16:40:45 Timo Neuvonen wrote:
> >> > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> >> > FATAL: Error inserting i915
> >> > (/lib/modules/2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko):
> >> > No such device
> >> > (EE) No devices detected.
> >>
> >> You need at least a 2.6.38 kernel.
> >>
> >> From: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2011Q1.html
> >>
> >
> > And in case of CentOS it means Redhat needs to backport the driver to el6 
> > 2.6.32 kernel.
> 
> I admit that my secret dream is that RH already would have done that for 
> RHEL 6.1 kernels, otherwise it will take rather long time. AFAIK, they 
> backport things like that only for new minor versions, so if it's not in 6.1 
> in the beginning, it won't be there before 6.2?
> 

Correct.

You could grab the el6.1 kernel src.rpm from ftp.redhat.com and read the changelog.. 
(if redhat still lists all the changes in the changelog, now when they don't ship separate patches anymore..)


> As a quick workaround I set up a dirty bomb: installed 2.6.38 from Fedora 15 
> updates repo -so far it seems to work, and I wanted to have a very 
> CentOS-like system for testing certain things in a portable hardware (easy 
> to carry my virtual test machine farm to home in the evening). This is just 
> a preliminary tester, not a production system, so it won't be a big problem 
> if it crashes some day.
> 


-- Pasi