Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:47:16 -0700 (PDT) From: backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't get direct rendering with i915 Message-ID: <20061005184716.44810.qmail@web83106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0610051128n431d7454ta8598c8632158865@mail.gmail.com>
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--- Alexandre Vieira <nullpt@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/5/06, backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Alexandre Vieira <nullpt@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello folks, > > > > > > I'm setting up my laptop (Acer 1644WLMi) and I > > > noticed some days ago that I > > > don't have direct rendering with i915+drm. > > > > > > Any one knows if it is supposed to be like this? > > > > > > > the i915 drm module is still new to Release 6 of > > freebsd. I believe it is still in beta and not > very > > functional. I am in the same boat as yourself with > the > > i845 chip. I know with linux I could get a full > screen > > console but I still have yet yo get vidcontrol to > > change the screen size for me. > > > > I believe the linux driver is being used as a > basis > > for the freebsd one, but it hasn't fully been > reverse > > engineered yet. Unless your doing OpenGL specific > apps > > like CAD or games X will still run fine. If your > doing > > KDE you might want to turn off all the animated > and > > transparency junk. > > > > > > -brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Hello, > > I don't know about your problem but I installed > graphics/dri and everything > works pretty fine now. > > Regards > DRI fails to find /dev/agpgart is my problem. The driver doesn't seem to create the proper devices for DRI to even utilize. That seems to be my problem anyway. I haven't done much OpenGL with it anyway, and with only 8megs of VRAM max I don't plan on doing anything serious. -brian
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