[ltp] OpenGL, x.org, T41p ?

[Peter Frühberger]

2005/8/28, Jaime Iniesta <capitanplaneta@gmail.com>:
> Is there any way to benchmark OpenGL? I have the latest Ubuntu on my
> Thinkpad R52 and OpenGL screensavers as well as Armagetron Advanced are
> running perfectly. I didn't have to install or configure anything.
>  
>  Jaime
>  
> 
> 2005/8/28, Peter Frühberger <peter.fruehberger@gmail.com>:
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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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You could run quake3 or something... unfortunately glxgears in latest
ubuntu (package mesa-utils) does not display fps anymore...

What graphics card do you own? do you use the r300 driver?


Peter