On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:17:26 +0100 Falko Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:25:37AM -0800, Urs Traber wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am struggling to make DRI work on a DPW600au with a 3dfx Voodoo > > 4500 under Sarge. Kernel is 2.4.29. > > > > Problem No.1: > > When I enable DRI, all virtual consoles turn to a mix of white dots > > scattered randomly all over the screen - I can still type but can't > > read a thing... > I'm having a similar effect here with ati DRI. The consoles get messed > up upon keypress after starting and stopping the xserver (xorg), > though switching between consoles seems to 'clean' the mess a bit. On > my box (PWS600au) this phenomenon appears from 2.4.18 to 2.6.11.7 on > Radeon 7500 and 9250 with no noticeable differences. *click* I don't know if it helps, but IIRC the RadeOns (as well as Permedia3) seem to use a different addressing-scheme which is only fully supported on EV6 and up (at least that's what I think to have understood by browsing through c.o.vms). I'm having an XP1000 w/ a RadeOn 7500 sitting right beside me and no problems whatsoever with kernel 2.6.8 and 2.6.14. > > > > Problem No.2: > > I have built an OpenGL sample program on this machine. It runs, but > > the graphic doesn't look like it should (as a reference, I have a > > DU4.0F box next to the Sarge box). With acceleration disabled, the > > graphic looks ok (but is terribly slow). > glxgears looks OK here and reports around 440fps, using 2.6.11.7 and > X.org on Sid. On which card? The 9250? Do 325fps on the system mentioned above seem reasonable? > > > > No idea whether these two issues are interrelated in any way. > > But they can be reproduced on a second system (DPW500au) in > > parallel, using another 3dfx 4500. > > > > Is there anything that I could have missed to configure? > > e.g. setpci -s 00:0c.0 4.w returns a 0003. > 0007 here 0087 means, busmaster is activated, then? > Falko Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
