this follow up might be of better response when sent to the list.
therefor i am forwarding it there.
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Antos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 02:22
To: Alexander Stohr
Subject: Re: [Xpert]Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF + Linux 2.4.19 with DevFS
DRI has some very good support for the ATI Rage128 chipsets, as I've
gotten it working on a ATI Xpert 128 PCI card, which is the ATI Rage 128
Pro PP chipset, and haven't ever had a problem with it. I'm not certain
if this problem is specific to AGP cards, as I'm also having problems
with an Intel i815 embedded chipset on another Dell motherboard with the
same problem.
As I previously stated, for some reason the /dev/dri/card0 device wan't
properly created by DevFS when I loaded the r128 module.
I've tried running mknod /dev/dri/card0 c 266 0, but that didn't cause
any change.
According to the DRI site, "both the PCI and AGP versions of Rage 128
based cards are supported at this time."
Here isall I have relating to the DRI in /var/log/Xfree86.0.log:
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o
(II) Module ati: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 6.4.8
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
There is no other reference to DRI in the log.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:22:29AM +0200, Alexander Stohr wrote:
> if you have a look into the file /var/log/XF86...
> then you possibly will see the DRI init messages
> a bit above from what you have quoted here:
>
> > When I start X, the following is logged:
> > (II) R128(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
> > Screen to screen bit blits
>
> sorry, i am not sure at what degree DRI does accellerate r128 right now.
