[ltp] DRI/OpenGL with radeon driver

[Alex Deucher]

On 9/1/05, D. Sen <dsen@ieee.org> wrote:
> ok, thanks.
>=20
> Let me then rephrase the question. How stable are your systems with DRI
> enabled (especially during suspend to memory cycles).
>=20

I don't know.  I've never used suspend or resume on my laptops.

Alex

> DS
>=20
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On 9/1/05, D. Sen <dsen@ieee.org> wrote:
> >
> >>hmm I have been using the radeon driver for a few months now. I have
> >>never had any success with DRI though. I have tried enabling it on
> >>xorg.conf after loading appropriate modules into the kernel...but it ha=
s
> >>never worked.
> >>
> >
> >
> > well, it won't work until you are using a new enough version of the
> > the drivers.  At this point you need to use the cvs versions of all
> > three (ddx, drm, mesa) to get direct rendering on r3/400 class
> > hardware.  The version of X that ship with most distros (6.8.x) does
> > not support 3d on your hardware.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >>
> >>Alex Deucher wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 9/1/05, D. Sen <dsen@ieee.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Anyone using the r300 drive want to comment on how stable it is with
> >>>>ACPI/APM (as compared to say the radeon or fglrx driver)?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>the r300 and radeon drivers are the same driver.  both use the radeon
> >>>DDX and drm.  the only difference is the 3d lib.  If xorg radeon + DRI
> >>>works for you then so will r300.
> >>>
> >>>Alex
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Alex Deucher wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On 9/1/05, David A. Desrosiers <desrod@gnu-designs.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>The r300 code has been integrated into mesa/drm/xorg cvs.  the stu=
ff
> >>>>>>>at r300.sf.net is deprecated.  See the standard guide for building=
:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>      Unfortunately, anything after that merge, is broken. The only
> >>>>>>build I have been able to successfully run for more than 15 seconds=
 in
> >>>>>>X, is the 7/20 version of those separate trees (see my previous pos=
ts
> >>>>>>on this for more detail).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>      You *WANT* the r300 tree from r300.sf.net, specifically the
> >>>>>>drm subdirectory inside of it, to successfully build the kernel
> >>>>>>modules to get proper DRI on a Thinkpad with the Radeon chip.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>      These instructions are pretty out-of-date now, and I've
> >>>>>>promised to make the necessary corrections, but I haven't found eno=
ugh
> >>>>>>time in my schedule to do it yet. There's about 4-5 steps that are
> >>>>>>completely different now, after the changes to the trees (post-patc=
h) .
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The instructions look pretty up to date to me.  Perhaps they have be=
en
> >>>>>updated since you last looked.  The only real change is that you nee=
d
> >>>>>libdrm installed before you build mesa and that part has been update=
d.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>David A. Desrosiers
> >>>>>>desrod@gnu-designs.com
> >>>>>>http://gnu-designs.com
> >>>>
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