From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 7 19:15:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from evil.2y.net (ip-216-23-52-182.adsl.one.net [216.23.52.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22BCF37B422 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:15:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cokane@localhost) by evil.2y.net (8.11.0/8.9.3) id e882NDe10051; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:23:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cokane) Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:23:13 -0400 From: Coleman Kane To: David Bushong Cc: Thomas Koper , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4 and DRI with voodoo3 Message-ID: <20000907222313.A10019@cokane.yi.org> References: <200009021426.e82EQru00794@tomsbase> <20000902115817.R19901@bushong.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000902115817.R19901@bushong.net>; from david@bushong.net on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 02:58:45PM -0400 X-Vim: vim:tw=70:ts=4:sw=4 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Two possibilities: 1) You are not loading the tdfx.ko that can be built from the XFree86 source tree. 2) You are running in a resolution that your card does not support for GL. I have a Matrox G200 that works in FreeBSD for DRI. David Bushong had the audacity to say: > Alas, from: http://dri.sourceforge.net/DRIuserguide.html : > > * With XFree86 4.0 and the Direct Rendering Interface (DRI), hardware > * accelerated 3D graphics can be considered a standard feature on Linux > * workstations. Support for other operating systems, such as FreeBSD, is > * underway. > > Each DRI driver, AFAICT, needs its own accompanying kernel module, and the > FreeBSD kernel modules just don't exist yet. Sigh. I'll keep running 3.3.6 > with Utah-GLX for now... > > --David Bushong > > > On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 02:26:52PM +0000, Thomas Koper wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to use DRI with XFree 4 and the voodoo3 agp card, but as > > as I start x windows I get the message that DRI is disabled: > > ... > > (II) TDFX(0): initializing int10 > > (==) TDFX(0): Write-combining range (0xa0000,0x20000) was already clear > > (II) TDFX(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 > > (II) TDFX(0): VESA Bios detected > > (II) TDFX(0): VESA VBE DDC supported > > (==) TDFX(0): Write-combining range (0xec000000,0x2000000) was already clear > > (==) TDFX(0): Write-combining range (0xe0000000,0x2000000) > > (==) TDFX(0): Write-combining range (0xa0000,0x10000) was already clear > > (II) TDFX(0): Textures Memory 10.99 MB > > II) TDFX(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) > > Screen to screen bit blits > > Solid filled rectangles > > 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles > > Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion > > Solid Lines > > Dashed Lines > > Offscreen Pixmaps > > Driver provided NonTEGlyphRenderer replacement > > Setting up tile and stipple cache: > > 8 128x128 slots > > (==) TDFX(0): Backing store disabled > > (==) TDFX(0): Silken mouse enabled > > (II) TDFX(0): direct rendering disabled > > (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "Auto" > > (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer > > (==) Mouse1: Buttons: > > ... > > > > Why does it say "(II) TDFX(0): direct rendering disabled" ? > > I compiled XFree86-4 from the ports and it starts up fine, I confiured > > it to load the GLX and DRI modules, like it says in the installation > > guide. Do I have to install anything else beside this? I just started with an > > fresh 4.1S Box. Could someone help me to get this to work?? > > > > Regards Thomas Koper > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- Coleman Kane President, UC Free O.S. Users Group - http://www.free-os.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message