Bug#234388: xserver-xfree86: [tdfx] X server refuses to use DRI at 1280x960 resolution

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 13:51, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
>    /* Disable DRI if using a 16Mb card with virtual resolution higher
> than
>     * 1024x768 because DRI does not have enough memory available for
> textures
>     * at higher resolutions, and will not operate correctly.
>     */
> 
> See also http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38717 .
> 
> Now, this is an odd explanation; 16 MB should be plenty enough for the
> DRI at say 1280x1024x16. Mike, do you have a better explanation for this
> limit?

The note about tdfx in the Texture management section on
http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/MesaDriver might explain. A
better solution might still be possible, but likely not trivially.


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