Re: Mach64 - Etch - Xorg & DRI
On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:31:48 -0400
cga2000 <cga2000@optonline.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 06:01:56PM EDT, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 13:01 -0400, cga2000 wrote:
> > > Has anybody gotten direct rendering to work with the legacy mach64
> > > Rage Pro Mobility card .. with the etch version of Xorg?
> > >
> > > The ATI web site does not provide drivers for this antique so I'll
> > > have to use the one that's provided with Xorg.
> > >
> > > $ lspci
> > >
> > > [..] ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
> >
> > I did manage to get this working with a former linux kernel image of
> > Etch, but I've had no luck with the more recent kernel image of Etch.
>
> Would that be 2.4.27?
>
> That's what I'm running on sarge.
>
> > Anyway, how I did get it working was by installing a driver from
> > http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
> >
> > Specifically, I installed this:
> >
> > http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/mach64-20060403-linux.i386.tar.bz2
> >
> > It has an easy to use install script.
>
> Sounds familiar .. I remember running a script that made everything
> very simple.
>
> But I need a recent 2.6 kernel in etch for other purposes.
>
> Currently, I'm at 2.6.20.
>
I don't think that the old snapshot still compiles (it's very old). The new
driver available through git access is too new for the X drivers provided with
etch (or sid). They require also build X or at least mesa from source.
When debian finally catches up it will be possible again.
> Thanks much,
> cga
>
>
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