[ltp] 3D Hard Accel.

[Tino Keitel]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:55:06 -0400, Tod Harter wrote:
> Except for REALLY bleeding edge stuff though you will find that all the DRI 
> drivers are already packaged with XFree86. Its really rare that there is much 

This is true, but this site is the right place if someone is looking
for information about DRI like supported hardware or debug options.

> beyond what the latest XFree has that works over there, they seem to fold 
> them in pretty fast. Truth is that it usually takes a year or so after 
> release on windows for Linux drivers to exist for 3D :(. I'm still stuck with 
> no GLX for my Radeon 8500 for instance! Still, its worth a try... 
> 
> On Wednesday 23 October 2002 02:39 am, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > *** List MOVED use linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org for future postings
> > ***
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 17:42:34 +0200, Marco Rovere wrote:
> > > Unfortunately it does not. I'm using it but running glxinfo I get:
> > >
> > > direct rendering: No
> > > .... .....
> > > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Hm, looks like a brain failure at my side. The GATOS driver only seems
> > to add 2D-acceleration. For 3D-acceleration, check out
> > <http://dri.sourceforge.net>.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tino
> 
> 

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