Re: mach64 module missing
On Saturday 19 August 2006 07:21, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> > The mach64 module wasn't found so X can't run on this machine that one
> > was fatal. I did tasksel and selected desktop environment so as to
> > have a few things for X to run but not quite enough things apparently.
>
> If you're talking about a mach64 video card, then you should be able to
> run X using the card without any trouble.
>
> Getting direct rendering working is tricky, however. Apparently, due to
> some security concerns, the driver for direct rendering for the Mach64
> Rage Pro card is not included. It can be obtained at
> http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
> (the general site is http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download) The
> driver comes with an install script that is pretty easy. I use Etch,
> with xorg.
>
> There was a way to get direct rendering to work with Sarge using xfree86
> too, that being to add
> deb http://www.nixnuts.net/files/ ./
> deb-src http://www.nixnuts.net/files/ ./
> to your sources.list, and then install drm-trunk-module-src to your
> machine. I don't know if these repositories are still in operation or
> not, though.
>
> A site with information is at
> http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriTroubleshooting
>
> Good luck.
Yes, lot's of luck!
I had been using the "nixnuts" driver for a long time until it was simply
impossible to keep along it with Sid's xorg. Succumbed, bought an Nvidia
card which is ten times faster anyway.
I know nothing aobut the freedesktop driver but it might be worth a look.
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