Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:30:24 -0700 From: David Bushong <david@bushong.net> To: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net> Cc: Thomas Koper <thomas.koper@ngi.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4 and DRI with voodoo3 Message-ID: <20000907203024.C29359@bushong.net> In-Reply-To: <20000907222313.A10019@cokane.yi.org>; from cokane@one.net on Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 10:23:13PM -0400 References: <200009021426.e82EQru00794@tomsbase> <20000902115817.R19901@bushong.net> <20000907222313.A10019@cokane.yi.org>
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Wow! I loved being proved wrong. So do you need a kernel module for that to work? Just agpart? Any documentation you looked at for this? --David Bushong On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 10:23:13PM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > 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
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