Re: [Dri-users] ATI rage Pro (newbie)

[Leif D. <lde...@re...>]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Nicolas SABOURET wrote:

> Felix Kühling a écrit:
> > 
> > Yes to direct rendering? I would be very surprised. I have to try that
> > when I get home ... Anyway, for DRI hardware accel you need xlibmesa3.
> 
> With xlibmesag3, it says "no". I can't explain why, but this is the 
> correct answer, since mesag3 doesn't do any direct rendering in my 
> specific case :)
> 
> > Rage 128 != Rage Pro
> 
> I was suspecting something like that :P
> However, they say on Xfree4.1 doc page that mach64 is accelerated:
> http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Status6.html#6
> 
> > Check the DRI status page for more info.
> 
> Yes. I rememnber reading that already. I just got lost in Leif's page...

I confuse myself sometimes. ;)  The XFree doc is referring to 2D accel, 
for 3D accel you need the mach64 DRI branch.
 
> It is still under heavy development
>  > and not yet on the main trunk. You can download experimental binary 
> snapshots here:
> > 
> > http://dri.sourceforge.net/snapshots/bleeding-edge/
> > 
> 
> great! I'll try that.
> However, to compile it, do I need to install the kernel-source package 
> can I make do with only the headers files ? do I need to completely 
> recompile the kernel or only the DRI files ?

If you're using glibc 2.2.x, try this package instead:
http://www.retinalburn.net/linux/dri-xv/dri-bleeding-edge/mach64-20020920-linux.i386.tar.bz2

It's the last snapshot built with gcc 2.96 and glibc 2.2.4.  The install
script in the package can then compile the mach64 kernel module for you.

-- 
Leif Delgass 
http://www.retinalburn.net