Re: help getting hw-accel OpenGL on Pismo

["John M. Gabriele" <jandl@bestweb.net>]

>On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 10:40, John M. Gabriele wrote:
>> I'm trying to get hardware-accelerated OpenGL working. The Powerbook
>> comes with an ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3, 66 MHz AGP 2x (rev. 02) bus
>> and the card has 8 MB SDRAM. Standard 1024x768 display.
>
>I've got some info up about the iBook (with same graphics setup) on
>http://www.flamingspork.com/linux/ibook/
>

Thanks for the reply. Your site mentions:
|
| The trick is: 16 bit color only! Yes, that will get DRM
| going on an 8MB Rage128 Mobility.

I'll try that when I get home, but...

| It's a bitch, OSX can do
| it in Millions of Colors, so why can't X?

That's a very good question. Does anyone here have an
answer?

8 MB should be plenty for a 32 bpp 1024x768 double-buffered
display (1024 x 768 x 32 / 8 / 1024 / 1024 = 3 MB, for 2
buffers (front and back) that's 6 MB required).