At 08:26 AM 12/11/01, Noah Romer wrote: >On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Martin Held wrote: > > > Hello, I am in the market for buying a Radeon 8500, and read your post to > > the Xpert mailing list. Have you found DRI to be working yet at all in > > CVS? I like to be able to play my DVD's under linux, and I only use > > Windows for gaming. The 8500 has become attractive to me since it > > apparently has dual head support, wondering if you know about either or > > have seen either work well, and how happy you have felt about the support > > for the 8500 (or lack thereof) thus far. I'm trying to find out as much > > information before I even think of taking the plunge. > >I'm not sure. I'm able to run XWindows using a checkout from cvs. However, >using the 2.4.7-10 kernel in RedHat 7.2, my AGP controller (I've got an >Athlon system w/ a VIA KT266A chipset on the motherboard) isn't >recognised and it appears to just be using PCI access to the Radeon 8500. >Thus, no DRM or DRI. I've also tried using the stock 2.4.16 kernel. With >this, the AGP controller is recognised but, when I start XWindows, the >monitor loses it's signal, and the only thing I can do is reboot the >machine. I've checked the log file at /var/log/XFree86.0, and it doesn't >show any problems.
I had the same problems and it has to do with your XF86Config. Have you designated the right chipset? I had the 8500 performing beautifully in 2D. Last time I checked out the CVS though 3D support was still not added. I would give you my XF86Config setting but we have already ship the machine to the client. regards, -- Mark Lane Hard Data Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada T5X 1Y3 http://www.harddata.com/ --> Ask me about our Dual Processor Athlon DDR RAM Systems! <-- -->Or the New DDR Alpha Systems <-- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
