Re: [Mesa3d-users] mach64 kernel modules for 2.6.29 WORKS but...

[Chris J. <cjn...@gm...>]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 04:31:36AM EDT, José JORGE wrote:
> A Thursday 23 April 2009 00:48:40, Chris Jones escreveu:

> > Two examples of 3D with a Mach64 that make it worth enabling dri:

> >   . Heretic II - if dri is enabled + 16-bit color + 1024x768 at most
> >   the rendering is quite beautiful. If not, you are switched to the
> >   software renderer and the game is ugly as sin.

> >   . tuxracer - without dri, it takes maybe ten seconds before you
> >   switch from the menu to an actual game sequence - which turns out
> >   to be so slow that it is unplayable anyway.
> >

> Ok maybe Heretic (I didn't test). 

To be honest.. I don't think Heretic II could run - or even install on
anything more recent that debian sarge.. needs patching.. that's not
forthcoming..

> But tuxracer has been replaced by extremetuxracer or ppracer, which
> both ask for a better graphics card.

Sigh.. :-(

> Of course, if you want a distribution that just works with Mach64 dri,
> I'd recommend you a  Mandriva 2007 Spring, it was the  last one I used
> with  a Mach64  and DRI  (and  at his  time  I filled  bug reports  to
> Mandriva each  time DRI  was forgotten for  Mach64). If you  just want
> those  old games,  I  think they  will  run better  with  such an  old
> distribution.

That's why I haven't deleted my old sarge system.

> > Another reason I was looking into this was indeed because I was
> > wondering whether it would make any difference playing movies or
> > streaming TV with mplayer+xv - not to mention watching Adobe Flash
> > content in mozilla with the flashplayer plugin.
> 
> Here DRI will not change anything : xv and flash DON'T use DRI.

Thanks... that I am more concerned about that than gaming.

CJ