[ltp] OpenGL, x.org, T41p ?

[Peter Frühberger]

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François Fleuret schrieb:
> Dear all,
> 
> I just tried yesterday to activate the OpenGL on my T41p, runing
> Debian unstable.
> 
> Everything went smoothly except that I ended with glxgears at
> something like 300 fps. According to what I can read here & there,
> this is pathetic.
> 
>>From what I understand, there is a "direct rendering" business that
> should be activated. I have:
> 
> 
>>~ glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering"
>>direct rendering: No
> 
> 
> Moreover:
> 
> 
>>~ grep rendering /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>(WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering not yet supported on Radeon 9500 and newer cards
>>(II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled
> 
> 
> Any idea ? Should I just wait for a newer X.org in Debian ? Mine is
> 
> 
>>X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Debian 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 20050810052028 david@squee.verizon.net)
>>Release Date: 9 February 2005
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
Hi Francois,

You could try the xorg server from ubuntu breezy (www.ubuntulinux.org),
they do, afaik already have support for 9500 and newer cards with the
r300 opensource modul... but I have never tested it myself

Any other suggestions?

cheers,
Peter

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