Re: opengl and dri.


Subject: Re: opengl and dri.
From: Jim Gribbin (jewelrysupplier@gci.net)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 10:51:50 AKST


The -4 XF86Config file is (mostly) used during the transition from XFree
3.x to 4.x. The-4 for Xfree-4.x. At least thats what RH seems to be
using it for.

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 08:09, Brian ThunderEagle wrote:
> Oh yes, and the 'xf86config-4' file is important. I don't know the logic
> behind it or anything, but this is the file that is actually used in X-Windows.
> So when your changing the configuration file, you need to edit this file.
>
>
>
>
> Brian ThunderEagle
> - http://www.swjedi.net
> - furbs@swjedi.ner
> - bthundereagle@aidea.org
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Brian ThunderEagle <furbs@mail.swjedi.net>:
>
> >
> > What OS are you using? In redHat 8.0 the general drivers for the Radeon
> >
> > work great, except for VIVO which I believe is still unsupported. After an
> > install with even RedHat 7.3 on default settings I typically get arouns
> > 2300fps
> > on glxgears from what I remember. Configuring the ATI radeon in 7.2 or
> > earlier
> > is definatly not something that is easy to figure out. I do have documents on
> >
> > how to get this pretty much working though with the older drivers and OS. May
> >
> > require a kernel rebuild though. Let me know what OS your using, and if you
> >
> > would like the "basic" instructions on how to set up DRI, with the radeon.
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian ThunderEagle
> > - http://www.swjedi.net
> > - furbs@swjedi.ner
> > - bthundereagle@aidea.org
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting peter <descartes@bandemax.com>:
> >
> > >
> > > hey everyone,
> > > i've successfully configured my video card (ati all-in-wonder 7500) to
> > > use opengl. since ati has very little commitment to building linux
> > > drivers for their cards i had to use the dri files to get it running.
> > >
> > > that's all well and good but the maximum fps output is crap. glxgears
> > > outputs at 260 fps which is incredibly low. i have agp enabled in my
> > > xf86config. is anyone here familiar with this sort of situation? i've
> > > read website after website until my eyesockets bled looking for an
> > > answer. this includes the dri site, the transgaming site, and various
> > > hits from google searches.
> > >
> > > my general system details are as such:
> > > distro - slackware 8.1
> > > video card - ati radeon all-in-wonder 7500 agp with 64 mb of ddr ram
> > > current de - kde 3.0
> > > this might be pertinent, it's from my xf86config -
> > >
> > > > Section "Device"
> > > > Identifier "Allinwonder 7500"
> > > > Driver "radeon"
> > > > Option "AGPMode" "1"
> > > >
> > > > #VideoRam 65536
> > > > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> > > > EndSection
> > >
> > > any help or pointers to useful sites would be greatly appreciated.
> > thanks.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > peter steven house
> > >
> > > p.s. i've read about some users have a xf86config-4 file. is this
> > > useful? if so, what purpose does it serve?
> > > p.s.s. thanks again.
> > >
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