Re: [Dri-users] DRI newb, Voodoo banshee, GL library, etc...

[Stefan L. <hoi...@gm...>]

Peter L wrote:
> Okay here's my specs first off:

Okay, let's see ;-)

> 
> CPU: P-200 GPU: Voodoo Banshee PCI
> Redhat 7.1 with kernel ver 2.4.9-34 and Xfree version 4.10
> 

both kernel and X are quite old, you might want to update to the latest 
versions

> I know that when I run glxinfo it gives me this:
> OpenGL vendor string: Brian Paul
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa X11
> OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.3
> 
> Where as renderer string *should* say something with "DRI" or so I am
> led to believe before DRI will work.  I know that I unfortunately 
> installed MesaGL before doing enough reading about DRI and I think that 
> I need to somehow revert back to an older version of MesaGL or 
> something?  Can I just install this RPM from the original RedHat Disc? I 
> do not have libGL.so.1.2 but I do have libGL.so.1.2.030402. When I run 
> strings libGL.so, which is linked to this file it says:
> 
> XF86DRIQueryExtension failed
> XF86DRIQueryVersion failed
> XF86DRIQueryDirectRenderingCapable failed
> XF86DRIQueryDirectRenderingCapable returned false
> XF86DRIGetClientDriverName failed
> XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: %d.%d.%d %s
> 
> at the bottom.  Any help?
> 

you probably have a non-accelerated software-only version of mesa 
installed on your system.

here's what i recommend:

-update X to 4.2.0 first, updating kernel can't harm, too
-install glide3 for voodoo banshee
-download the daily tdfx-snapshot from dri.sf.net and install
-make sure your XF86Config-4 is setup correctly

alternatively you could go ahead and recompile your whole X-server from 
cvs. there is a compilation guide available at dri.sf.net, which makes 
it quite easy. compiling X on a p200 might be a pain in the ass though, 
probably taking more than one hour...

regards
Stefan



> -Pete
>