On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 04:37, Jean-Marc Valin wrote:

> > Have you selected the agpgart support for your laptop's AGP chipset as
> > well? If yes, the driver doesn't seem to recognize it.
> 
> I selected "Yes" to "/dev/agpgart support", "Direct rendering manader
> (XFree86 4.1.0+)" and "ATI Radeon".

Just "/dev/agpgart support" is not enough, you also have to select
support for your chipset, but maybe all available support is enabled by
default.


> > The bigger resolution is another thing which would prevent DRI from
> > working, there isn't enough VRAM.
> 
> I guess it might end up being an issue, but it can't have an effect on
> agpgart support, right (since AGP is loaded long before X is started)?

Correct.


> > PS: XFree86 4.1.0 proper wouldn't even support your Radeon chip. I don't
> > know if Red Hat's patch for this also covers DRI.
> 
> I think RedHat patched 4.1.0, since the XFree 4.1.0 shipped with
> Mandrake didn't work for me. ...But once again, my first problem is with
> agpgart, which is I think(?) a kernel issue. And idea?

Maybe there's just no support for your AGP chipset yet.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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