[ltp] Accelerated graphics with XF86 on 765L

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:49:07 +0100


Bill Mair wrote:
> 
> Tino Keitel wrote:
> 
> > I already looked at this page, I used it for my XF86 3.3.6 config,
> > but I only have non-accelerated graphics.
> 
> Tino,
> 
> AFAIK (at least with 3.3.x) the acceleration option is only on by
> default if you have one of the following chipsets:
>     TGUI9440AGi, CYBER9320, CYBER9388, CYBER9397, CYBER939A,
>     CYBER9520, CYBER9525, IMAGE985, BLADE3D
> 
> Don't consider this list to be by any means complete, "use the source
> Luke!".
> Several of the above (most actually) also force the acceleration to be
> 
> turned off when using 24bpp.
> 
> You can try explicitly turning the acceleration on by adding the
> accel option to your driver section. YMMV.
> 
> Section "Device"
>     ....
>     ....
>     ....
>     Option      "accel"
> EndSection
> 
> Please let us know how you get on.
> 
> Bill.

Ok, that was the missing option. Now it works. :-) Thanks. But it would
be nice if I could use XF86 4.0.1 too...

Tino

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