>>>>> "Mike" == Mike <reznaeous@adelphia.net> writes:
Mike> Ramachandran Chidambaram wrote:
>> pl help me to get a link to download Video driver for
>> ATI 3D Rage Pro.Ramachandran
Mike> That uses the Mach64 chipset, which has been supported quite
Mike> nicely in the X Window System for quite a long time. With
Mike> X4.1 it is now accelerated. No need to download a seperate
Mike> driver.
What do you mean with "accelerated"? I could be wrong, but AFAIK, the
mach64 driver (= complete server) in 3.3.6 is accelerated.
If you mean 3D acceleration... well, then either you know more than me
or you're simply misinformed.
3D acceleration (= DRI) support is not there yet... people are working
on it, or want to work on it, but the nonavailability of docs is
making this difficult.[1]
There's 3D acceleration for Rage Pro chips in 3.3.6, with the Utah-GLX
stuff. Though... it's one hell of unstable and uneven on this
machine. (Some stuff works, other stuff just crashes the X
server... which apps do what depends on the GLX settings).
Bye, J
[1] Yes, I know ATI has a good reputation... but even though they
didn't do an Nvidia, they still restrict access to their docs. They
officially refer you to XFree86, and from what I've read on dri-devel,
becoming an XFree86 developer is not that easy... ask if you want the
gritty details. (This is all just my POV, of course...)
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