Bug#488283: software rendering

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Sten Heinze wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 22 Oktober 2008 17:41:35 schrieb Julien Cristau:
>   
>> The 2048 log shows that the driver isn't able to allocate enough memory
>> for direct rendering from the GART.  This explains why indirect
>> rendering is used instead.  I think we should close this as not a bug.
>>     
>
> But shouldn't the driver be able to allocate and handle memory up to 
> 2048x2048?
>   

Handle yes, allocate no. Allocating room for a 2048x2048 virtual screen
requires a lot of available memory.

And if DRI doesn't work, I don't think you can expect 3d effects in KDE
to work. That probably explains the white screen.

Brice