From: Stefan L. <hoi...@gm...> - 2002-10-04 15:07:18
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Nicolas SABOURET wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a total 3D ignorant (except that I've read the DRI and XF4 doc). > I'm using Debian stable (woody) with a PIII, ATI Rage Pro AGP 1x/2x. As > far as I understood, this card is accelerated. > I installed kernel 2.4.18. I loaded the agpgart and r128 modules (drm is > compiled in the kernel). I loaded the dri and glx modules in xfree86-4 > (I checked the log). > But it doesn't work: glxinfo says "direct rendering: No" > If I install the mesag3 package, glxinfo says "Yes" but it is not > hardware accelerated (applications run slooowwwly). > Could anybody explain me why it says "yes"? > hmm, dunno > In the doc, I've read that I should not use the kernel dri module. Does > this mean that I _really_ need to recompile the kernel ? > What if I use rage128-20021004-linux.i386.tar.bz2 and its install.sh > script? Could I just recompile these modules and load what is required? > your Rage Pro card is a mach64-chipset try the mach64-snapshot from the download section (bleeding edge) at dri.sf.net r128 is a different, newer chipset there might be a problem because you already statically included drm for r128 in your kernel it would probably best to recompile your kernel without drm, and then use the mach64-drm-module that is compiled during the snapshot-install procedure > Thanks in advance for your answers and please excuse me it these are > really stupid questions. > > Nico. |