dep wrote:
begin Bob Raymond's quote:I've tried DRM both in the kernel and modules, no luck. I've also gotten CVS source snapshots of the DRI r200 tree, and no luck there either. I could try CVS'ing the r200 branch of the DRI xc tree, but that looks to be an extremely long download over 28.8k. When you say Alan, you mean Alan Cox, right? He helped me fix a sound issue long ago, maybe he'll know what to do here. Do you suggest a post to LKML with a cc to Alan, or just direct?
| Trying to get DRI working for my Radeon 8500 (yes, I know the
| drivers are beta, but my current X version is 4.2.99.2 - got to
| love the default large, translucent, red cursor with a huge drop
| shadow). But here's the problem: The only kernel I've found that
| really likes my new motherboard is 2.5.44-ac2. The DRI drivers
| apparently only like kernel 2.4.19 when I try to compile new DRM
| stuff from dri.sourceforge.net, ATI-Gatos, and XFree CVS.
first -- that red cursor *is* cool -- so is the red i-beam. second, you might want to drop a note about this to alan. third -- are you getting the drivers as source? are there equivalent drivers in the kernel source? (i used to have to juggle these when trying to get dri to work with my matrox card two years or so ago. there was one point where the only way i could make it all work was to compile the dri stuff and g-400.o [i think that was its name] actually *into* the kernel. not as modules. ended up with the fastest gl rendering i've seen before or since. so you might want to do a little experimentation in this regard.)
second -- when you do get it working, reward yourself with the very latest version of xscreensaver; the gl stuff in them now will knock your socks off. an order of magnitude more elaborate than anything there before. i still think there's money in getting big plasma displays and putting embedded linux and xscreensavers in 'em and selling 'em as dynamic wall art.Yeah, I tried a few fancy screensavers when I was trying the demo for XiG's server. I can't remember the name of the one I liked the best, but it sort of reminded me of some visuals in 3DMark 2001SE.
I really hope EPoX releases a BIOS update or something for this board soon, though, because it's absolutely full of USB issues- I've now got keyboard + mouse running off PS/2 adapters, and I've run into countless issues on all OS's except - you guessed it- Windows, where at least there are easy to work with drivers to help me out.
Bob Raymond
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