On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 08:06:45AM -0500, Thomas E. Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 06:11:47PM +1100, Gordon Heydon wrote: > > > > This is a simple question, can anyone tell me how to or better point me > > in the direction of some documentation on how to get hardware 3gl going > > with my dual head g400 (I am only using 1 head at the moment) with the > > Xfree 4.0.1 debs found here. > > If you haven't done so already, then get the source code to kernel > 2.4.0-test9. I compiled support for my AGP chipset directly into the > kernel, and I recommend compiling the matrox DRI support as a module. I > may be wrong, but it seems that, at least in the past, the X server liked > to load the kernel module itself. After installing the new kernel and DRI > module, remember to reboot. > > Dexter, the X configuration program that ran when I installed the most > recent debs, made a fairly good approximation of an XF86Config-4 file for > me. Make sure that you add the following lines: > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection
I have had an off-list exchange with Thomas that clarified but did not resolve a problem I have with DRI. I get hardware 3d acceleration, as he does, with 2.4.0-test9, which resolved the version mismatch of earlier kernel 2.4 releases. However, while X is running, my virtual consoles are not usable. It turns out that the major difference between our installations is hardware -- I have an ASUS P5A motherboard with the ALI chipset. Does anybody have DRI working with the G400/P5A combination? (or any other ALI-based motherboard?)
