Re: X.org <-----> Xfree
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 10:01:09AM -0800, James Vahn wrote:
> Vin Jacob wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 08:49:44AM -0800, James Vahn wrote:
> >> I'm wondering if it supports the "ATI IGP 340M" on my laptop (hp ze5607wm)
> >> because XFree86 has no DRI on that chip. Must be going blind, I can't find
> >> any chipset support info at x.org...
> >
> > Yes, I have the same card, finally got DRI working, fps with glxgears is
> > pretty low, but tuxracer, neverball etc. works fine.
>
> Okay! I dropped it on top of a working (sans DRI) Sarge/Sid XFree86, getting
> the xserver-xorg package from a link at apt-get.org. It did not go smoothly,
> but eventually I got an X server that says "Direct rendering enabled" in the
> Xorg.log. Yay! But running glxinfo says "direct rendering: No", and
> glxgears says "failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted". It doesn't say
> why.
>
> Running glxinfo as root tells a different story- says "direct rendering: Yes"
> but running glxgears locks up the computer.
>
I am running a custom compiled 2.6.9, with CONFIG_DRM=y and
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y that could be why it just worked. The kernel config is at
http://gpoppy.org/config-2.6.9drm and the xorg.conf at
http://gpoppy.org/xorg.conf
HTH.
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cheers,
Vin
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