XFree86 4.2.0 as in Mdk 8.2, as used with (my) Radeon cards, uses a newer version of the ATI drivers (ati.2) from gatos.sf.net for 3d hardware acceleration with ATI video cards (Radeon, Rage etc)
This is all well and good with Mandrake's own kernel and X, since Mandrake's own kernel includes the very latest 1.2.x Radeon drivers from that project. However the generic/standard kernels, including 2.4.17 and 2.4.18 use the older (1.1.x) ATI drivers, meaning that X in Mandrake 8.2 WON'T load the 3D DRM section i.e. no 3D hardware acceleration, due to the version mismatch (X is expecting a 1.2.x ATI driver but only finds a 1.1.x version) This means that rolling my own kernel based on the standard kernels (as I've done in Mandrake 7.x and 8.0/8.1) is not really an option anymore, unless I get the patches and apply them (not yet tried this but I presume it'll work well). Does anyone have answers to either of these questions: 1) Any idea if the X setup in Mandrake 8.2 could be made to work seamlessly with either module (either the old 1.1.x driver's in the standard 2.4.x kernels) or the newer ones? Or an easy way of switching? 2) Does anyone have visibilty as to how soon the 1.2.x drivers might make it into the standard 2.4.x kernels and if so whether they are compatible with older (< 4.2.0) versions of XFree86? Thanks for any answers Mike _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
