Re: 8M r128 & DRM
On Fre, 2002-09-20 at 12:55, Menaka Lashitha Bandara wrote:
>
> I don't get DRM working on my Rage 128 8M on ibook2 at 24bpp, because
> XFree86 tells me that it needs at least 9MB of Video Memmory. Now I've
> never run Mac OS X/ 9 on my machine. Just wondering whether this
> restriction exists on that as well? ( I don't really care, I don't mind
> running at 16bpp, just out of interest. :)
It's possible that only the resolution of the 3D app matters in MacOS if
it allocates the back and depth buffers dynamically and only the size of
the app window. The DRI uses back and depth buffers the size of the
desktop.
> Another thing is that I can't mode switch to anything below 1024x768. It
> corrupts the LCD. Is there a way around that, I'd like to play tuxracer
> some time :)
There've been a couple threads about this on the linuxppc-dev list.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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