[ltp] Re: Fwd: Working 3D acceleration on IBM ThinkPad T23 ;-)
Eric Van Buggenhaut
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:03:52 +0100
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 02:35:31PM +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 01:20:53PM +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 11:23:19AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > Am Freitag 06 Januar 2006 01:04 schrieb Eric Van Buggenhaut:
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the details. Do you know what I have to do after installing
> > > > libgl1-mesa-dri to have X using the r300_dri.so module ?
> > >
> > > Hello Eric,
> > >
> > > almost everything has been said in this thread already:
> > >
> > > Run "glxgears" and save its output somewhere, if you want to find out the
> > > difference between 3D acceleration or no 3D acceleration.
> > >
> > > Have a kernel with savage DRM module. Since Linux 2.6.14 its in the
> > > mainstream kernel source. You can use the official debian sid/etch kernel
> > > packages or create your own kernel package. If you happen to have a IBM
> > > ThinkPad T23 I can give you a suitable config ;-) and instructions to get
> > > it set up with Software Suspend 2 ;-), but I also have a config which
> > > only uses software suspend as in the kernel.
> > >
> > > Have X.org 6.9 from sid (there is also a backport for sarge users already:
> > > http://www.backports.org).
> > >
> > > Install the savage DRI driver, either from the snapshot archive or just
> > > install the package libgl1-mesa-dri ;-)
> > >
> > > Make sure the DRI module is loaded in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > >
> > > Section "Module"
> > > [...]
> > > Load "dri"
> > > [...]
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Restart X.org and try
> > >
> > > glxinfo | grep -i direct
> > >
> > > It should return:
> > > direct rendering: Yes
> > >
> > > When it gives a segmentation fault, reboot your machine completely and try
> > > again.
> > >
> > > Try "glxgears". It should report a higher framerate now.
> > >
> >
> > Working now, thanks a lot ! I get this:
> >
> > [eric@atto:~]$ glxinfo |grep -i direct
> > *********************************WARN_ONCE*********************************
> > File r300_state.c function r300Enable line 456
> > TODO - double side stencil !
> > ***************************************************************************
> > No ctx->FragmentProgram._Current!!
> > direct rendering: Yes
> >
> > [eric@atto:~]$ [eric@atto:~]$ glxgears
> > *********************************WARN_ONCE*********************************
> > File r300_state.c function r300Enable line 456
> > TODO - double side stencil !
> > ***************************************************************************
> > No ctx->FragmentProgram._Current!!
> > *********************************WARN_ONCE*********************************
> > File r300_render.c function r300_get_num_verts line 188
> > user error: Need more than 2 vertices to draw primitive QS !
> > ***************************************************************************
> > 3902 frames in 5.0 seconds = 780.400 FPS
> > 4430 frames in 5.0 seconds = 886.000 FPS
> > 4433 frames in 5.0 seconds = 886.600 FPS
> >
> > Is this a reasonable rate ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
> I guess I messed things up, acceleration is gone now and I can't get it
> back :((
>
> [eric@atto:~]$ glxinfo |grep -i render
> direct rendering: No
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
>
>
> I just restarted X and it's gone... I probably changed some packages
> on the system and broke the good config. Now I'm lost, I can't direct
> rendering either with:
>
> ii libgl1-mesa-dri 6.3.2-2
> rc xlibmesa-gl 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1
> rc xlibmesa-dri 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1
> ii xlibmesa-glu 6.8.2-10
>
> installed, nor with
>
> rc libgl1-mesa-dri 6.3.2-2
> ii xlibmesa-dri 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1
> ii xlibmesa-gl 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1
> ii xlibmesa-glu 6.8.2-10
>
> I have to add that I didn't touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> At which point did I go wrong ?
>
This thing is driving me nuts. I had direct rendering working fine
again after rebooting the laptop:
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.2
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] created "radeon" driver at busid "pci:0000:01:00.0"
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xf99f1000
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xf99f1000 to 0xb7fd6000
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xe0000000
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Mode 0x1f000211 [AGP 0x8086/0x3340; Card 0x1002/0x4e50]
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0x00000001
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] ring handle = 0xd0000000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Ring mapped at 0xb3770000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] ring read ptr handle = 0xd0101000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Ring read ptr mapped at 0xb376f000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] vertex/indirect buffers handle = 0xd0102000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] Vertex/indirect buffers mapped at 0xb356f000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] GART texture map handle = 0xd0302000
(II) RADEON(0): [agp] GART Texture map mapped at 0xb308f000
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] register handle = 0xc0100000
(II) RADEON(0): [dri] Visual configs initialized
(II) RADEON(0): Depth moves disabled by default
(II) RADEON(0): CP in BM mode
(II) RADEON(0): Using 8 MB GART aperture
(II) RADEON(0): Using 1 MB for the ring buffer
(II) RADEON(0): Using 2 MB for vertex/indirect buffers
(II) RADEON(0): Using 5 MB for GART textures
[...]
(II) RADEON(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] Added 32 65536 byte vertex/indirect buffers
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] Mapped 32 vertex/indirect buffers
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 11
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] Initialized kernel GART heap manager, 5111808
(II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled
(==) RandR enabled
then I logged out and relaunched X:
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.2
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] created "radeon" driver at busid
"pci:0000:01:00.0"
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] drmAddMap failed
(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
(II) RADEON(0): Depth moves disabled by default
(II) RADEON(0): Memory manager initialized to (0,0) (1408,8191)
(II) RADEON(0): Reserved area from (0,1050) to (1408,1052)
(II) RADEON(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1408 x 7139
(II) RADEON(0): Render acceleration unsupported on Radeon 9500/9700
and newer.
(II) RADEON(0): Render acceleration disabled
[...]
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.2
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] created "radeon" driver at busid "pci:0000:01:00.0"
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] drmAddMap failed
(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
Does it mean a problem with radeon kernel module rather than X ?
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Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT
Eric.VanBuggenhaut@AdValvas.be