Finally got around to taking your advice and installed the dri-trunk-sid packages:
xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk_2003.05.04-1_powerpc.deb xlibmesa-gl1-dri-trunk_2003.05.04-1_powerpc.deb drm-trunk-module-src_2003.05.04-1_all.deb and compiled and installed the modules. However, still no joy: it doesn't fail as early as it did but X takes up so much cpu power logging into gnome that the system freezes. This is with a iMac DVD SE Summer 2000 (r128) running unstable. Like I said a while back, DRI has worked very well on this machine under X 4.1 but since the upgrade to unstable, it's failed. The X log says the dri is enabled, but at the price of a frozen system. any other tips? Thanks Joss On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:53:28PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2003-05-07 at 23:11, Joss Winn wrote: > > I've tried the 'XaaNo...' options you suggested. These are the > > minimum options I can use to have X start up without freezing. > > > > > > (**) R128(0): Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy" > > (**) R128(0): Option "XaaNoSolidFillRect" > > (**) R128(0): Option "XaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect" > > > > > > The X log shows that Direct Rendering is then enabled at 16bit. > > However, xglgears freezes the system and in general windows are slower > > to draw (i.e. acceleration is not working) > > Yeah, you've basically disabled 2D acceleration. :) Sounds like a > general instability with DRI enabled. I don't know why that would be, > the only suggestion I can make is to try the DRM from > drm-trunk-module-src (and possibly the rest of the dri-trunk-sid > packages as well) and see if it works any better. > > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer > Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer --
