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heyom

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Registered: 2013-12-03

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[SOLVED] drm_pci_agp_init *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module

Hello, I'm a new user here in this forum :)

     I have done an installation in a USB and my system is only allowed to boot on U/EFI mode. The boot process went smoothly and the system works fine so far. However, I saw an error while the system is booting which it says:

[drm:drm_pci_agp_init] *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module.
DRM: Fill_in_dev failed.

NOTE: I only did a basic installation (base, efivar, gummiboot, wpa_supplicant, dialog)

I have googled alot regards to that problem but still not clear to me. What is agpgart module? and do I really need it? if not, how can I disable it?

If you need more info. please let me know and I really appreciate your help :)

SOLVED: I finally found a way how to disable the driver by removing drm.ko.gz:

cd /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/
rm drm.ko.gz

Alternatively, I can prevent any modules from loading by adding blacklist parameter in the boot entries:

blacklist=module#1,module#2,module#n

Another solution is that I simply removed the nomodeset parameter from my boot entries:

title Arch
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options cryptdevice=UUID=<UUID>:<dm_name> root=/dev/mapper/<dm_name> [del]nomodeset[/del]

Last edited by heyom (2013-12-04 07:58:29)

heyom

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Registered: 2013-12-03

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Re: [SOLVED] drm_pci_agp_init *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module

I have seen someone has the same problem:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166816

I also have the exact CPU with exact same GPU.

Is there anyway how to disable it? since I'm not using AGP card...

fettouhi

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Registered: 2007-05-07

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Re: [SOLVED] drm_pci_agp_init *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module

I made that original post and I have not found a way to disable that ERROR message.

heyom

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Registered: 2013-12-03

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Re: [SOLVED] drm_pci_agp_init *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module

It would be helpful if I know how to disable modules like that one or at least hiding error messages :)

Last edited by heyom (2013-12-03 13:49:08)

heyom

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Registered: 2013-12-03

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Re: [SOLVED] drm_pci_agp_init *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module

UPDATE: I always get that error message above when I boot from MacBook Pro however, when I booted from a PC, the error message is gone. Still the problem is not solved from MacBook Pro...

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] drm_pci_agp_init *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module

Please don't bump your thread, use the edit button: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … te#Bumping

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