Re: [Dri-users] help! with a PCI Radeon7000

[Keith G. <gr...@ma...>]

I've attached below the XF86Config from my machine which is using a PCI Radeon 
7000.  The most important line is the one that reads

Option      "ForcePCIMode" "true"

This informs the driver that the card is a PCI card rather than a AGP.  Also, 
at one time the PCI code was disabled and you had to down load the source, 
patch and compile it yourself.  I beleive as of 4.3.0 that is no longer 
needed but as I'm still running the patched CVS version from some months back 
I can't say from personal experience that it's true.

I can say though that it can work and work reasonably well.

On Tuesday 13 May 2003 06:04 am, James Drabb wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2003 23:37:32 -0400
>
> Trey Thompson <fye...@cs...> wrote:
> > I'm sure I'm asking questions that have been asked a thousand times
> > but I can't seem to find effective answers elsewhere. Sorry for any
> > repetition... I have a PCI Radeon 7000 that I just can't seem to get
> > direct rendering working on. I'm running Red Hat9 on a Soyo 7VEM
> > motherboard with a 1.1ghz Celeron and 384 mb of RAM. I have downloaded
> > and installed the DRI modules with no apparent success. I am running
> > Xfree86 4.3. I've included the output of my XF86.0.log. Any guidance
> > would be MOST appreciated. I think the problem has to do with having a
> > PCI and not an AGP card. Please note that I have tried the
> > ForcePCIMode option without success, also. Thanks for any help...
>
> I have an ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility
> 7500] in my laptop and it functions well.  I attached my XF86config file
> from RH9. I am not sure if the the 7000 is supported or not, however,
> try a similiar XF86config file.  Also, under the Section "Device", be
> sure to set VideoRam to the correct amount of memeory for your card or
> comment it out. If your card is PCI you also might have to comment out:
>
>     Option "AGPMode" "2"
>     Option "AGPFastWrite" "on"
>
> Jim Drabb