On Fri, 17.06.2005 at 12:40:22 -0500, Jonathan Noack wrote: > The r300 project (http://r300.sourceforge.net) is getting > tantalizingly close to usable DRI for newer radeons. I saw glxgears > running at 2600+ fps for about 15 seconds before the 3D engine on my > 9800 Pro locked up. I finally got tired of manually merging Mesa > commits and translating linux drm changes to bsd so I'm no longer > using it. If you're interested, here's the basic instructions: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2005-May/001903.html > > Note that it requires a decent amount of effort just to get it to > compile, much less do anything useful. Abandon hope, all ye who enter > here... Well, I didn't listen and got it to compile, thanks to your guideline. However, the drm fails to attach and do anything usefull. I have a Radeon Mobility 9600 Pro Turbo (or so, I was told), in my Dell Inspiron 8600c Laptop. pciconf says this: acpi_video0_at_pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x20011028 chip=0x4e501002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' device = 'Mobility Radeon 9700 (M10 NP) (RV350)' class = display subclass = VGA after disabling acpi_video, drm attached successfully and seems to be working (quick test with glxgears only) drm0_at_pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x20011028 chip=0x4e501002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' device = 'Mobility Radeon 9700 (M10 NP) (RV350)' class = display subclass = VGA I remember there was some talk on current_at_ about this issue with attaching multiple drivers to the video card. Has there been any progress? Ulrich Spoerlein -- PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." didn't you understand?
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