Re: Getting started

[Adam J. <aj...@nw...>]

On Monday 03 January 2005 18:02, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:09:31 -0500, Adam Jackson <aj...@nw...> wrote:
> > On Monday 03 January 2005 09:46, Sjoerd Langkemper wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I would like 3D acceleration for my on-board Trident Cyberblade (VIA
> > > PLE133), in order to run 3D apps (e.g. games and glxgears) faster. Wh=
at
> > > do I have to program in order to get this done?
> >
> > Though there is a trident driver in CVS now, it does not work.  The DDX
> > is not DRI-aware and there is no DRM driver.
>
> Actually it did work at one time, basic stuff like glxgears, at least
> according to AlanH.

I only said "does not".  Present tense ;)

> you'd probably need the trident branch from dri=20
> cvs to get it working, plus I'm not sure which chipsets were
> supported.

Cyberblade XP only, I believe.

The DDX changes on the old branch can be found at:

http://freedesktop.org/~ajax/trident-dri-aware-ddx.patch

It assuredly needs some cleanup.  Also I haven't dug out the DRM yet.

=2D ajax