As background I have a K7 system w/KT266 mb, and am using a Voodoo 3 card.
I have DRI working for XFree-4.1.0 (the one bundled with Mandrake 8.1), but am seeing the color problem for Unreal Tournament. I have successfully compiled the DRI CVS into a separate X tree, /usr/X11R6-DRI, and this takes care of the problem, but my kde does not function with the new X. The kde panel (bar on the lower part of the screen) segmentation faults and dies. What I am hoping for is a way to update the tdfx related drivers, but continue to use the current X installation. I read somewhere on the site that it should be possible to update the card-specific drivers without needing to update the server, etc. An suggestions are appreciated. Sincerely, Allan Wittkopf -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Dri-users] Tour of a ?successful? DRI compile & questions Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 08:34:33 -0600 From: Keith Whitwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Allan Wittkopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Allan Wittkopf wrote: > > Keith Whitwell wrote: > > > > Allan Wittkopf wrote: > > > > > > > > - I read somewhere on the site that it should be possible to update the drivers > > > without updating the server (running XFree-4.1.0). Is this possible, and if so > > > what to update? > > > My first instinct is (at a bare minimum) one would need to update: > > > a) The kernel module (e.g. tdfx.o) > > > b) The X DRI driver for the h/w (e.g. tdfx_drv.o) > > > c) The libGL.so that links into these > > > But is that all one would need for a driver update, or is it much more involved > > > than this? > > > > a) There haven't been any changes to the tdfx.o module for a long time. > > c) Doesn't change - it's hardware independent. > > > > For tdfx, you just need to update (b). > > I just tried this, updating: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/tdfx_dri.so > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.o > > and X complained with the following message: > > (II) Module tdfx: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.1.99.1, module version = 1.0.0 > (EE) module ABI minor version (5) is newer than the server's version (4) > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.o > (EE) Failed to load module "tdfx" (module requirement mismatch, 0) > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o > (II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0 > (EE) No drivers available. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > So I was trying to make minimal changes, as the full DRI install causes other > things not to function (i.e. kpanel in KDE), but it seems as though I cannot > just update these. > > So do you have any recommendations? For a start post this on dri-devel so that others can read & help you... Keith _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
