On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 07:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:22:22 -0400 (EDT) > > From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Xpert]Re: Continuing Radeon DRI problems > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On 3 Aug 2002, Angus Wallace wrote: > > > > >I'm still having problems, and am thinking that some more detailed > > >information would be in order. > > > > > >I'm running Redhat 7.3 with the 2.4.18-3 kernel that comes with > it. I've > > >recompiled that with AGPgart support, and modular support for DRI > on the > > >Radeon. I've then downloaded the DRI drivers, and installed them. > > > > The Red Hat kernel comes with agpgart and drm support both > > modular already. Unless you were using the i386 kernels, which > > DRI is incompatible with, you shouldn't need to recompile > > anything. > > > > > > >I've looked at the 'DRI user guide', and checked for things like > the > > >presence of the driver, using lsmod, and looking in the log file > created > > >by X, DRI is enabled. Similarly, glxinfo says that it is enalbed, > also. > > > > > >Does this mean I have a 'dud' VE that hangs on the current DRI > code? > > >(with TCL added.) > > > > Radeon VE doesn't have a TCL engine IIRC. > > If it weren't for C, we'd all be programming in BASI and OBOL. > > > > I didn't know that! (I thought I'd bought a crappier version of a VE > which just didn't have it, and was waiting for the driver to detect > this...)
Well, apparently at least some VEs do have a TCL unit, but it's not clear yet how to detect or enable it. > In that case, is it possible to install the DRI driver so that it > doesn't try to use the TCL (that I don't have)? Yes, by fixing it. ;) This is currently being discussed on the dri-devel list. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
