http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23386





--- Comment #9 from Pauli <[email protected]>  2009-08-23 05:03:03 PST ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > Default Kamric installation doesn't include DRI2. You need to install mesa 
> > 7.6
> > and set kernel parameter radeon.modeset=1.
> > 
> > You can check dri version from "glxinfo |grep nGL"
> > 
> 
> Hi, I'm the original reporter of the launchapd bug
> 
> $ glxinfo |grep nGL
> OpenGL vendor string: DRI R300 Project
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 20060815 x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL
> OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.5
> OpenGL extensions:
> 
> So i guess i have to use mesa 7.6 ?
> 
> I'm not sure how to install mesa 7.6 on karmic ? is it from ppa or ...?
> also , where does the setting the Kernel parameter need to be done? xorg.conf?
> 

xorg-edgers ppa (https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa) has the
latest 3D drivers for Ubuntu.

Kernel parameter can be set in grub when you boot. You can just append it to
current kernel boot options. Another option is to set it in /etc/modprobe.d/
but that would require grub command line modifications in case something goes
wrong.


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