[ltp] T42 Radeon M7 7500

Alejandro Bonilla linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:35:47 -0500


Alejandro Bonilla wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>    After some conversations about ati vs nvidia... I want to get 3d 
> working here.
> I have 2.6.11, Debian Sid, updated. I created my custom kernel. radeon 
> 7500
>
> dri is one of the modules listed under /etc/X11/XFree86-config
> the driver for the video card is ati and the radeon module of the 
> kernel is loaded.
>
> Still, when I do glxinfo | grep direct. It says:
> alejandro:~# glxinfo | grep direct
> direct rendering: No
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
>
> Everything under /var/log/Xfree86.log.0 looks fine, no errors and 
> loads the modules. The log recognizes the M7
>
> I wonder what I have missing, or what am I doing wrong.
>
> Any tips are appreciated.
>
> .Alejandro

OK,

    I tried and tried and tried and simply, the XF86Config, would not go 
into the mailing list.

Please find my Log and Xfree config at:

http://linuxwireless.org/ipw/direct.txt

Any help on getting direct rending is appreciated.

.Alejandro