[ltp] x.org 6.9/7.0 ati support

[Michael Gaber]

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Alex Deucher wrote:
> 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

does mergedFB give me the opportunity NOT to use the second screen if 
not connected?

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