[SATLUG] glxinfo Direct Rendering

[Samuel Leon]

Matt Kinsel wrote:
> Thanks, Sam, for not confusing the heck out of me.  That's an event 
> I'm not
> very fond of.  Anyways, I used a Knoppix Live Linux CD I had and I've
> uploaded the files you requested:
>
> Fedora Core /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhd2kdwq_61cr53jd
> Knoppix /etc/X11/XF86Conf: 
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhd2kdwq_63gbz3sv
> Fedora Core /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhd2kdwq_62dm67rm
> Knoppix /var/log/XFree86.0.log:
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhd2kdwq_64g6r6r6
>
> The main difference that jumps out at me in those files is that 
> Knoppix has
> no errors in its XFree86 log.  However, glxinfo still said "direct
> rendering: no".
> Thanks for your help!
>
>

Looks like support is lacking for this card do to some security issues.  
I was poking around on google and found this ubuntu post: 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=107908  Looks like it is pretty 
easy to install the older drivers though...



Sean Carolan wrote:
>
> Have you tried the proprietary driver yet?  I noticed you have 'ati'
> in the config file instead of fglrx.

On "pre-radeon" chipsets you can get dri with the open source ati 
driver.  I have dri running on my ati m6p.  That is the card in between 
the rage and the radeon.  Looks like these older rage 3d's are being 
pesky though....


Sam