Subject: Re: opengl and dri.
From: Shortpier (shortpier@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 07 2002 - 07:22:58 AKST
Check out the Gatos project. http://gatos.sf.net I had his working on my
ati all-in-wonder 128 pro on two diffent mortherboards (VIA and BX chipsets)
till the card fried, I curently have a rage fury running well with this.
Shortpier
10 mins, Bill Gates, and a Baseball Bat.... Is this to much to ask God?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gribbin" <jewelrysupplier@gci.net>
To: <furbs@swjedi.net>
Cc: <descartes@bandemax.com>; <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: opengl and dri.
>
> 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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