On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 14:01, Mike wrote:
> Paulo Vitor Magacho da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >     since I upgraded my XFree86 from 4.0.3 to 4.1.0, I can't you the dri extension 
>for 
> >the Voodoo 4.
> >     The XFree 4.0.3 had a RPM package called XFree86-tdfx-dri-4.0.3 ... that 
>provided the 
> >dri capability for the Voodo 4500. It worked quite well.
> >     The Xfree 4.1.0 doesn't have this package. Although the performance using 
>software 
> >renderer has improved, I can't use the hardware acceleration. I
> >have already installed the glide
> >library for this board and I use the Opengl libs provided by the Xfree package.
> >     My distribuition is Conectiva Linux 7.0, and I use the kernel 2.4.12 . 
> >
> You need to compile and install the tdfx drm kernel module from the source.
> If Connectiva do not supply this as a separate SRPM then you will have to
> get the full Xfree 4.1.0 SRPM and find it in the os-support directory
> in there somewhere.

That shouldn't be needed, the tdfx module that comes with kernel 2.4.12
should work. I suspect there's some kind of version conflict with the
client libraries. Hard to tell without any real info though.

> I bet your DGA does not work though.

Not that it's needed anyway...


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