Van Den Abeele Kristof ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > In the next step I wanted to use the 3D capabilities of my video card. So I did read > some manuals , and concluded I needed to emerge xfree-drm. > But I got error message concerning no variable in my make.conf file , so I added > there the keyword "radeon" Afterwards , "emerge xfree-drm" went fine. I also did > modify my XF86Config file and removed the hashes before "load dri" & "load glx" > > But when I ran glxinfo , I had no direct rendering. XFree86.0.log also gave errors. > ( failed to load module "agpgart" & "radeon" ) > > Did I miss something , or could somebody point me in the good direction ? > > ( see also attachments : dmesg.out - XF86Config - Xfree86.0.log ) ( System is a Acer > travelmate 430 - Notebook )
I used 'VIDEO_CARD=radeon' on a separate line in my /etc/make.conf file. Try re-emerging xfree-drm with that set. The error regarding agppart may still be present if agppart was compiled into the kernel as opposed to being compiled in as a module. HTH, Cooper. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
