[ltp] xorg 6.8

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:44:42 -0400


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:37:36 +0200, Patrick Huber
<linux-thinkpad@thunderchick.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to make the system or xorg think the card is a r200/r250 or
> something that's accelerated by the xorg radeon driver in order to get accel.
> 3D with the FireGL T2?

nope.  while they share some basic similarities, there 3D engines are
too different to be able to use the same 3D driver.

Alex

> 
> Am Montag, 13. September 2004 22.24 schrieb Alex Deucher:
> > > The only issue I have with this system is the lack of accelerated X. If
> > > any one can lend a hand, I would be greatly appreciative.
> >
> > your chip is r300 based.  2D IS accelerated with the open source
> > radeon driver (although your version of X is pretty old).  There is no
> > open source 3D support (yet).
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