On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 14:47 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > 2. I don't know why direct rendering is shown as disabled in the log > file. glxinfo says it is enabled with both versions of xorg.
It's probably using the software rasterizer swrast_dri.so, which (technically correctly) reports direct rendering. > 3. /proc/mtrr is different with the two versions. With the older > (working) version I get: > > reg00: base=0x000000000 ( 0MB), size= 1024MB, count=1: write-back > reg01: base=0x03ff00000 ( 1023MB), size= 1MB, count=1: uncachable > reg02: base=0x0d8000000 ( 3456MB), size= 128MB, count=1: write-combining > > With the newer one I get only: > reg00: base=0x000000000 ( 0MB), size= 1024MB, count=1: write-back > reg01: base=0x03ff00000 ( 1023MB), size= 1MB, count=1: uncachable That could be the problem then. I don't think it's due to the driver though but either xserver-xorg-core or possibly libpciaccess0. > 4. Here is the output from dmesg. I don't know if the stuff about > missing firmware at the bottom is relevant. [...] > [ 44.844178] [drm] Initialized radeon 1.29.0 20080528 on minor 0 > [ 46.024870] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map > [ 46.027874] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode > [ 46.027881] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R520_cp.bin > [ 46.079325] radeon_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/R520_cp.bin" > [ 46.079332] [drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! It explains why direct rendering is disabled, you probably want to install the firmware-linux package. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
