Re: [Dri-devel] dri hangs the pc (radeon 7000/VE, SiS645DX AGP)

[Ian R. <id...@us...>]

Helge Hafting wrote:
> I tried to get 3D graphichs, enabling the following
> kernel config options:
> CONFIG_AGP, CONFIG_AGP_SIS, CONFIG_DRM, CONFIG_DRM_RADEON
> I'm also using the radeon framebuffer driver and
> X with the appropriate driver.
> 
> Unfortunately, any attempt to use 3D, such as glxgears,
> hangs the machine immediately.  The mouse cursor stops
> and the keyboard is only useful for sysrq+B. (The
> other sysrq keys do nothing.)
> 
> Is this an unsupported hw combination, or am I doing something
> wrong?  I use "debian testing" and got opengl running
> on another machine with similiar software but a Intel BX chipset
> and a matrox G550.

[snip]

> OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4.2

You have a really, really old version.  Please try one of the more 
recent binary snapshots.  They can be found under "Downloads" on 
http://dri.sourceforge.net/ .  You'll need the most recent 
radeon-*.tar.bz2 and extras/XFree86.bz2.  Make sure that 
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON build it as a module.  The binary snapshot will 
replace the Radeon kernel module with a newer one.  If CONFIG_DRM_RADEON 
built it into the kernel, it won't be updated. :)