Right, upgraded to XFree86 4.2.1 and installed the Gatos DRM and Radeon driver. Got Accelerated X but no DRI (yet) by passing the ChipId of a Radeon 8500 to the driver in XF86Config.
Well on the way to having an Alpha we decent 3D accel, thanks for the help guys! :p Matt "Matt Simis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > I have found that the Radeon 9000 PCI is capable of posting on in an Alpha, > infact in perhaps poorest VGA supported Alpha, the Ruffian (164UX). Neither > the Voodoo3 nor any nVidia card will allow machine post. > > Unfortunately, Im at a little bit of a loss on what to do from here. The > version of Xfree86 > supplied doesnt seem to like this Radeon, even VGA mode doesnt work. > > Using the "Radeon" driver I get: > (EE) No screens detected > > and using the "VGA" driver I get: > Fatel Server Error > Addscreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > It would appear I need XFree86 4.3.0 to get started, any more tips? > > thanks, > > > Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
