Is the situation any different today? The framebuffer sure is slow when it comes to OpenGL apps...
BR, Kevron On Friday, October 26, 2012 9:46:31 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: > > Hi Thomas > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Thomas Brinkmann > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > In the last couple of days I've tried to set up Ubuntu 12.10 HF > following > > the instructions on [1]. While most things work as expected, I haven't > had > > any success in setting up a somewhat accelerated Xserver. All I get is X > on > > the framebuffer. > > > > Here's what I've tried: > > a) I've installed xserver-xorg-video-omap (Here's where the confusion > > starts: Is that the neon accelerated one? Wasn't that > > xserver-xorg-video-omap3 in previous releases? See below...) > > This old neon driver is bitrotten/no longer usable, and the plan is > to replace it with, Rob Clark's xf86-video-omap... > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-omap/ > > > b) I've built and installed the sgx modules (once again following [1]) > > The "sgx" ddx is too old (abi wise) to be usable in ubuntu... *side > note, with the new release of "4.08.00.01" i'm playing around with > re-doing an "ubuntu natty" sgx image, althought it's now EOL, the xorg > abi's match.. However nothing is public yet. ;) > > > c) I've run the provided script "ti-omapdrm.sh" successfully and the > result > > shows up in Xorg.0.log: > > This fails, as it requires the kernel to be built with > "CONFIG_DRM_OMAP" support, which i just haven't thrown the switch yet > to enable by default in v3.6.x.. > > > > (...) > > [ 25.498] (II) LoadModule: "omap" > > [ 25.512] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/omap_drv.so > > [ 25.550] (II) Module omap: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > > [ 25.550] compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 0.83.0 > > [ 25.550] Module class: X.Org Video Driver > > [ 25.550] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 13.0 > > [ 25.550] (II) OMAP: Driver for TI OMAP: OMAP3430 with PowerVR > SGX530, > > OMAP3630 with PowerVR SGX530, OMAP4430 with PowerVR SGX540, > > OMAP4460 with PowerVR SGX540, OMAP5430 with PowerVR SGX544 MP, > > OMAP5432 with PowerVR SGX544 MP > > [ 25.551] (++) using VT number 7 > > > > [ 25.568] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for omap > > [ 28.238] (EE) No devices detected. > > [ 28.239] (==) Matched omapfb as autoconfigured driver 0 > > [ 28.239] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1 > > [ 28.239] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2 > > [ 28.239] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout > > [ 28.239] (II) LoadModule: "omapfb" > > [ 28.251] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module omapfb > > [ 28.251] (II) UnloadModule: "omapfb" > > [ 28.251] (II) Unloading omapfb > > [ 28.251] (EE) Failed to load module "omapfb" (module does not exist, > 0) > > [ 28.251] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting" > > [ 28.253] (II) Loading > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so > > [ 28.260] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > > [ 28.260] compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 0.5.0 > > [ 28.260] Module class: X.Org Video Driver > > [ 28.260] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 13.0 > > [ 28.260] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" > > [ 28.262] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so > > [ 28.283] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > > [ 28.284] compiled for 1.12.99.902, module version = 0.4.3 > > [ 28.284] Module class: X.Org Video Driver > > [ 28.284] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 13.0 > > [ 28.284] (II) OMAP: Driver for TI OMAP: OMAP3430 with PowerVR > SGX530, > > OMAP3630 with PowerVR SGX530, OMAP4430 with PowerVR SGX540, > > OMAP4460 with PowerVR SGX540, OMAP5430 with PowerVR SGX544 MP, > > OMAP5432 with PowerVR SGX544 MP > > [ 28.285] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: > kms > > [ 28.285] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev > > [ 28.285] (++) using VT number 7 > > (...) > > > > [ 28.251] (EE) Failed to load module "omapfb" (module does not exist, > 0) > > isn't surprising - there's no such thing as omapfb.so anywhere in /usr > > > > Searching for hints, I've come across [2], however, trying to install > the > > deb-package provided there results in an error: > > > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > xserver-xorg-video-omap3: > > xserver-xorg-video-omap3 depends on xorg-video-abi-12; however: > > Package xorg-video-abi-12 is not installed. > > It's dead, should be removed from the archive... > > > > So it appears that the new version of X doesn't support that neon > > accelerated driver. Next I tried to compile the code from [2] natively, > > however, the build fails. I don't know where to go from here (belonging > to > > the Joe User category rather than being a hardcore developer, I think > I've > > tried all the straightforward options). Any ideas on how to go on would > be > > appreciated. > > I'd recommend for a "right now" for Joe User, use the default > framebuffer as is. The recent "ti-omapdrm.sh" script push is just a > sign that i'm starting to get the ducks in the row in the git repo. > (as i use that same repo when testing)... But "today" it's not > ready... > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
