Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:55:28 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: archibald <archibald@ethernull.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Radeon and OpenGL version Message-ID: <50E02BB0.2050804@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <2cd1edb9882d56f3babaa5226710f551@ethernull.org> References: <50DF5217.5060408@netfence.it> <2cd1edb9882d56f3babaa5226710f551@ethernull.org>
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On 12/29/12 23:37, archibald wrote: > To provide a particular version of OpenGL it not only needs to be > supported by your card, but also by mesa (graphics/libGL). In order to > have better OpenGL support your version of mesa needs to be more up to > date. I know that mesa 7.6 supports OpenGL 1.5, but not necessarily with > your graphics card. > > If you define WITH_NEW_XORG in /etc/mk.conf (create a line saying > "WITH_NEW_XORG=yes") and rebuild your ports you should end up with mesa > 7.11, which supports OpenGL 2.1 with your graphics card (I think - don't > quote me!). I looked into which ports use this flags and matched them with the ones I have installed; they are: _ libGL; _ libdrm; _ xorg-server. Surprisingly not xf86-video-ati. Would it be enough to put "WITH_NEW_XORG=yes" in /etc/make.conf and recompile the above three ports? Or do I need to rebuild something else too? bye & Thanks av.
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