[ltp] T42p / FireGL T2 / Render Acceleration

[Carlos Moffat]

On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 16:03 +0200, Laurent Gilson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > I'm using Debian/Sid, which contains the libgl-mesa-dri passage with
> > what appears to be a relatively recent CVS (version is
> > 6.5.0.cvs.20060524-1) package of the r300_dri driver, as well as a
> > recent ati driver. Direct rendering works fine.
> 
> DRI and 3D are two different things: you can have DRI working (fast 2D)  
> but 3D "failing" (mesa software renderer fallback).
> 
> > My question is: Is the above message from X.log the expected for this
> > hardware
> 
> Yes. ATI never told anybody how these chips work (and your card is based  
> on one of those).
> 
> > , so that there's no support for acceleration right now, or can
> > I get my hands on a newer driver?
> 
> You can install an OLD version of the closed-source ATI driver. Do not use  
> a recent version as ATI has dropped support for these cards (3D and 2D).
> 
> cu

What? They've dropped support for the Mobility FireGL T2? that's a M10,
which is pretty new, I think (this computer is only 1 year old). You
sure?

Carlos