[ltp] OT: Google Release GoogleEarth Linux

[Alex Deucher]

On 6/16/06, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
> / Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> was heard to say:
> | * Hugo <hscarrer@gmail.com> [2006 Jun 13 09:05 -0500]:
> |>
> |> Great news! from /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> I'm going to guess that this message isn't good :-)
>
> (WW) RADEON(0): Enabling DRM support
>
>         *** Direct rendering support is highly experimental for Radeon 9500
>         *** and newer cards. The 3d mesa driver is not provided in this tree.
>         *** A very experimental (and incomplete) version is available from Mesa CVS.
>         *** Additional information can be found on http://r300.sourceforge.net
>         *** This message has been last modified on 2005-08-07.
>

all r3/4xx xorg logs display this messge.

> It's obviously an old message, so maybe there's hope. Can the direct
> rendering stuff be made to work on a T42p, does anyone know?
>
> The current support, experimental or otherwise, apparently doesn't
> work. GE crawls. I've never cared about the enhanced 3d stuff before,
> and I suppose I can live without GE, but if it can be made to work...
>

There is 3D support for r3/4xx radeons.  You probably need a newer a
newer drm and/or ddx or you need to install the radeon 3D driver.
Does your log say direct rendering is enabled?  what about glxinfo?

Alex

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