[ltp] 3D acceleration on ThinkPad T42

[olivier.paquien]

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Martin Steigerwald a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I added some notes on how I got 3D acceleration to work correctly. I was 
> puzzled that it didn't work initially and I had to disable the Composite 
> extension...
> 
> Maybe anyone with more knowledge about the fglrx driver wants to add or 
> change some notes.
> 
> Actually I have to say that I do not know yet, what OpenGLOverlay actually 
> is for. 
> 
> Unfortunately the opensource driver does not support the Radeon 9600 
> (RV350) yet.
> 
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Fglrx (marked some of my edits with my 
> nickname Helios42)
> 
> Well enough trying around for now. The ATI driver situation on Linux 
> definately sucks. I hope that Software Suspend 2 will still work.
> 
> At least the fglrx stuff from 8.28.8-4 debian packages seems to work on my 
> 2.6.19 kernel.
> 
> Linux version 2.6.19.1-ck2-tp42-sws2-2.2.9 (root@shambala) (gcc-Version 
> 4.1.2 20061028 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-19)) #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 15 
> 19:06:34 CET 2006
> 
> Regards,
Hi,

I heard somewhere, and many times, you don't need to use the ati drivers
for the T42's video card. I'm using Xorg(AIGLX) with radeon drivers and
Beryl. It works nice and fast enough for me (didn't try to play yet).

Bye for now
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