[ltp] xorg 6.8

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:15:48 -0500, Brian D. Ropers-Huilman
<bropers@cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
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> Svein Larsen said the following on 2004-09-13 14:10:
> | I have no clue what is good framerate so now you made me happy telling
> | me i have a good framerate :)
> |
> | I'm using ATI Radeon 9000 Mobile i think - the default inside my R50.
> | As i said i just installed xorg 6.8.0 and using radeon driver with
> | following settings:
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> I have an R50p, an 1832-22U with the following:
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> ATI=AE Mobility FireGL T2 / AGP 4X / 128MB DDR-SDRAM / OpenGL support
> External monitor support via analog DB-15 connector / up to 1600x1200 at
> 85Hz / DDC2B
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> Has anyone had luck with either the XFree radeon driver or the ATI
> driver? As I understand it, many people have gotten accelerated graphics
> to work, but then they loose the power management features.
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> kernel: 2.6.7-gentoo-r11
> xfree: 4.3.0-r6
> apmd: 3.0.2-r3
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> Overall I am extremely happy with this system. I purchased this for work
> and connect it, through a USB KVM that also drives my desk-side system,
> to IBM's port replicator driving a nice ThinkVision 21" LCD and USB
> keyboard and mouse. Other than a few hang-ups, I have been able to sit
> at work, use apm to put the machine to sleep and then wake it up at home:
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> Sep 13 08:11:26 ibis apmd[6233]: apmd_call_proxy: executing:
> '/etc/apm/apmd_proxy' 'suspend'
> Sep 13 08:11:27 ibis apmd[6233]: System Suspend
> <...SNIP...>
> Sep 13 08:40:35 ibis apmd[6233]: apmd_call_proxy: executing:
> '/etc/apm/apmd_proxy' 'resume'
> Sep 13 08:40:36 ibis apmd[6233]: Normal Resume after 00:29:09 (100%
> unknown) AC power
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> 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).

Alex

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