> > >Try the attatched patch, IIRC this helped another Pismo user get it going >> >without the UseFBDev option. >> >> Nope, didn't help - but I'm beginning to suspect there's something >> else going on. I once built a DRI-devel server on that machine, and >> it's still hanging around under /usr/XF86-DRI/... - and is in the >> Modules path. If I take it out of the Modules path, the X server >> complains it can't find the r128 driver. Looking in >> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/... finds no sign of a built r128_drv.o >> either. I wonder if this might be the problem - a mismatched >> r128_drv.o causing the crash. But I can't figure out why the matched >> version isn't getting built. > >The ati driver still isn't built on PPC by default, I'll have to submit a >patch to remedy that when I get around to it. For now, you have to add it to >XF86CardDrivers in xc/config/cf/host.def and do make World again. Ah, that dealt with it (actually, i modified a line in linux.cf rather than figure out the syntax for appending stuff to a variable). Went back to direct-drive (without FBDev) and 16-bit, and DRI works perfectly. Performance appears to be in line with expectations, given that I'm moving from a Radeon-equipped desktop PC. *briefly wonders why ATI drivers aren't built on PPC, since the vast majority of recent Mac models use ATI cards - apart from the latest set of G4's...* -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
