Re: xfree86 4.3
Hi All & Roman Joost,
who typed....
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On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:02:14AM -0500, Josh McKinney wrote:
Then go here:
http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/README
Enjoy!
Josh
Did these packages work for somebody who has an ati radeon card? I tried them
and got many trouble for enabling GLX. I use the dri-trunk now and as i found
out, the dri modules for ati are gone into the new xfree build? Right? So -
maybe i had a mix between XFree 4.2 and 4.3 or i missed something. If someone
had some more practice with the packages, any information regarding 3D will be
appreciated.
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The way I see it, you have three main options.
1) Dri-trunk works 4.2.xxxx, with Limited 3D.
2) Xfree86 4.3.0, works with limited 3D.
3) If you downgrade your Xfree86 to 4.2.0 & install the ATI drivers,
then you will get the best 3D you can on Tux & 2D looks better also!
Here is how my "mere" Radeon 9000 Pro goes, with a sample @ window &
then full screen mode, with my tiny Duron 1000....
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Hellene:~$ glxgears
7786 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1557.200 FPS
8263 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1652.600 FPS
10890 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2178.000 FPS
10848 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2169.600 FPS
6234 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1246.800 FPS
1338 frames in 5.0 seconds = 267.600 FPS
608 frames in 5.0 seconds = 121.600 FPS
607 frames in 5.0 seconds = 121.400 FPS
Hellene:~$
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My CPU is a bottleneck. But the scores were only about 900 FPS in a
small window, with the DRI trunk. Still, that stuff was a life saver,
when the ATI stuff was not available & then it took some time to work it
out.
ATI "must" be about to release some updates for Tuxians, because Xfree86
has updated?
Option 3 works best, if you can get it too.
This list & the Linux forums here (http://www.rage3d.com/board/) helped
me suss it out.
*HTH* ?
Greek Geek :-)
"Yeah but, would Donnie Darko do it?"-- GG.
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