Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:00:18 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20041204000018.GA52176@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041204003549.2803a7fc.gstewart@bonivet.net> References: <87zn15zoqo.fsf@basilikum.skogtun.org> <41A63A78.2030506@mukappabeta.de> <41A9CC27.3030408@saunalahti.fi> <41AA70E3.2000108@mukappabeta.de> <41B0AFCC.1060501@mitre.org> <20041203193450.037d5e7a.gstewart@bonivet.net> <20041203214532.GA55232@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20041203230906.248e8311.gstewart@bonivet.net> <20041203230129.GA88194@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20041204003549.2803a7fc.gstewart@bonivet.net>
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--gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:35:49AM +0100, Godwin Stewart wrote: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 00:01:29 +0100, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: >=20 > > > I tried kldloading radeon anyway and running glxgears. It can't do any > > > better than about 10 fps at 1024x768/24bits. > >=20 > > My radeon gives 560 - 580 fps with direct rendering. An R128 would > > probably be somewhat slower. >=20 > Running Slackware with XFree86-4.3.0 I'd get about 60-70 fps out of it. >=20 > > I think this is just telling you that it is loading the modules you told > > it to. Later in the logfile you see if those modules are actually used. > > Try to grep for [drm] and [agp] to see if they are really used. Or IIRC > > grep for UnloadModule to see if Xorg discards some of those modules. Al= so > > check for warning (WW) or error (EE) messages. >=20 > Hmm.... >=20 > $ grep -i '\(dr\(i\|m\)\|glx\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log > X.Org Video Driver: 0.7 > X.Org XInput driver : 0.4 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) > (II) LoadModule: "glx" > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a > (II) Module glx: vendor=3D"X.Org Foundation" > (II) Loading extension GLX > (II) LoadModule: "dri" > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a > (II) Module dri: vendor=3D"X.Org Foundation" > (II) Loading sub module "drm" > (II) LoadModule: "drm" > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/freebsd/libdrm.a > (II) Module drm: vendor=3D"X.Org Foundation" > (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > Module class: X.Org XInput Driver > ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4 > (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.5.6) for chipsets: ati, ativga > (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: > (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP), > (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 > drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK) > drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK) > drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK) > drmGetBusid returned '' > (II) R128(0): [drm] created "r128" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0" > (II) R128(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xc1c0b000 > (II) R128(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xc1c0b000 to 0x2834b000 > (II) R128(0): [drm] framebuffer handle =3D 0xf8000000 > (II) R128(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel > (II) R128(0): [drm] register handle =3D 0xf0200000 > (II) R128(0): [dri] Visual configs initialized > (II) R128(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler > (II) R128(0): [DRI] installation complete > (II) R128(0): [drm] Added 128 16384 byte vertex/indirect buffers > (II) R128(0): [drm] Mapped 128 vertex/indirect buffers > (II) R128(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 11 Right after this line I get (for my radeon): (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Initialized kernel GART heap manager, 5111808 Followed by: (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled Maybe AGP GART isn't working? --=20 R.F. Smith /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l \ / No HTML/RTF in email http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBsP4SEnfvsMMhpyURAqmBAKCigJk4Sv0fYgQ/7dDnmzbm/6yUhwCcDgNK jBz0zh2X1yRpRqgKbeRmXrc= =+g8C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--
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