[ltp] x.org 6.9/7.0 ati support

[Alex Deucher]

On 12/24/05, Michael Gaber <Michael.Gaber@gmx.net> wrote:
> Tino Keitel wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 15:43:45 +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> >> X.org 6.9/7.0 is out and promises:
> >>
> >> Radeon driver updates
> >>
> >>     * Support for non-rectangular MergedFB
> >>     * Support for EXA acceleration
> >>     * Full 3D support for r3xx/r4xx series, and PCI-Express
> >>
> >> That'd mean 3D support for all ATI 9600/M10 users.
> >>
> >> Has anyone already given it a try ?
> >
> > I've been using a patched Xorg server to enable DRI support for my
> > Radeon 9600, together with the r300 DRI driver on my desktop for a
> > while now. It's not the fastest driver in the world, but at least
> > Quake3 and some other GL apps are usable without the the fglrx binary
> > crap.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tino
> >
>
> dito here, i used the drm/mesa CVS-builds for some months now, and they
> give me so much power, i can play some games like tuxracer now, (haven't
> tried with Q3 or something) which were unplayable before. perhaps we
> could now also get the cedega developers to acknowledge this driver and
> not always switch back to indirect rendering, so this could be useful
> for some games (perhaps WoW).
>
> problem is: there is no dri-support if you have a dual-head
> configuration with xinerama, but perhaps that also changed with 6.9/7.0
>
>

You have to use mergedfb rather than xinerama to get dualhead with
DRI.  This has been available since 6.8.x.

Alex