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X.Org 7 + open ATI drivers + DRI?
Name: hackmiester Date: November 27, 2006 at 17:25:52 Pacific OS: Arch Linux 0.7.2 CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium M processor Product: IBM R51 1830-AHU
Comment:
THis machine has an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. I have everything but DRI, and therefore 3D acceleration working...
Can anyone get DRI working on an ATI card with the open source drivers? I can't use fglrx...
Name: 3Dave Date: November 28, 2006 at 01:07:58 Pacific
Reply:
Post up your xorg.conf and have a look through /var/log/Xorg.0.log for any clues.
Does it complain when trying to load the DRI module? Do you have: Load "dri" in your xorg.conf?
Have you enabled it in your device section: Option "DRI" "true" ?
Do you have a: Section "DRI" Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection section?
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Response Number 3
Name: hackmiester Date: December 9, 2006 at 18:40:36 Pacific
Reply:
Orbital: Thanks, but I can't use fglrx, as I posted originally.
3Dave:I added these lines:
Option "DRI" "true" Group 0
that you said I should have had... and it worked. Thanks!
I'm curious though, why do I need those? On an Intel 810 chipset, those lines aren't necessary to enable DRI, and that's what I was using as a base config...
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