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Re: what does xlibmesa-dri provide?



On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 07:12, Nano Nano wrote:
> I'm running XFree 4.3 from SID with the FGLRX drivers from ATI.
> 
> My OpenGL is working *very* well.  Obviously a non-tainted kernel would 
> be preferable, but framerate is God.
> 
> Would xlibmesa-dri provide (1) additional, (2) alternate, or (3) 
> orthogonal functionality?

None if your card is R300 or newer, (2) otherwise.

> Is it the open source "OpenGL-enabler" I've heard about?

I guess one could put it that way. :) It contains the free DRI 3D
drivers based on Mesa.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
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