From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 03:32:13 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DC7516A419 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4122B13C442 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 5477 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2007 22:32:13 -0500 Received: from 203-206-233-219.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.206.233.219) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 9 Aug 2007 22:32:12 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:32:09 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Ean Kingston Message-ID: <20070810133209.0d0eb77d@localhost> In-Reply-To: <2C7306E2-C583-4F2A-A7CB-CE8308E8BB90@istop.com> References: <2C7306E2-C583-4F2A-A7CB-CE8308E8BB90@istop.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3d acceleration support for ATI or other X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:32:13 -0000 On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:29:29 -0400 Ean Kingston wrote: > I'm trying to make an older system last a bit longer. To that end, > I've upgraded the video card to an ATI Radeon 9550 (agp). I found > some old information online indicating that AMD would be releasing > proprietary drivers for it to support the 3d acceleration. I can't > find them. Any recent updates on this front? Hi Ean, Not sure on the status on AMD's release. OTOH, you can check xorg 7.2 support for 3d cards - if I understand it correctly, the 9550 is part of the r300 driver ( http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon?value=CategoryHardware#head-2f5098616350345fc8b9d26888cb729d63303cf2 ). _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use hammer." IBM maintenance manual, 1975 I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.