Right. Although Mandrake/PPC is still using XFree86 4.0.3, so that is an
issue too :) (Yes I know that I can compile 4.1 from srpm, but..)
Is the PPC tree actually frozen to try and make a 8.0 or 8.1 release? I've
noticed the x86 tree seems to have lots of activity again. We only seem to
be getting security fixes..
Ian
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote:
> I personally am speaking entirely hypothetically, just so ya know ;)
>
> However - I'm pretty sure that you need to have DRI compiled for your
> kernel (which it may or may not be for Stew's 2.4.4-6.2) before XF-4.1
> can access it. This may be the problem.
>
> Regards,
> Brice Ruth
>
> Ian White wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Stew Benedict wrote:
> >
> >>I'll check all those out and get back to the list. We may not have GLX
> >>extensions in X, like some of those messages say, but I'll verify. I'm
> >>headed down to TN, so I won't be back online until tomorrow most likely.
> >>
> >
> >What did you find out about GLX? I've got mine enabled and most
> >applications are running.. although slowly.
> >
> >I've enabled it in my config, but glxinfo tells me:
> >direct rendering: No
> >...
> >OpenGL vendor string: VA Linux Systems, Inc.
> >OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
> >OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4
> >
> >And during the starting of X it says:
> >(II) LoadModule: "glx"
> >(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
> >(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> > compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
> > ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
> >(II) Loading extension GLX
> >(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
> >(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
> >(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
> >(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> > compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0
> > ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
> >(II) LoadModule: "dri"
> >(WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri
> >(II) UnloadModule: "dri"
> >(EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0)
> >
> >The release notes for 4.1.0 claim there is support for DRI under linux/ppc
> >with that version.
> >
> >Ian
> >
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> >Ian White
> >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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