Hello Hans, Thanks for making the effort to get the reply through:-) Interesting info too.
I couldn't get DRI to compile, so that was a no-go, but your info about the reversed situation with 2.4.0-test9 was interesting - I hadn't tried the test11 kernel as I use lm-sensors-source to patch the kernel source to use lm-sensors and it wouldn't work with test11. After reading your mail though I thought I'd give it a try, just to check out dri. In the end, I seem to have got dri working with the 2.4.0-test11 kernel - no version conflicts or errors, but dri still appears to be version 1 - hmm... With the depth set to 16bpp, XFree86.0.log showed that dri had initialised ok - no errors - and the superquadrics, lament and gears screensavers ran ok, as did space orbit (not as well as X 3.3.6 + utah_glx IMO - with that combo I found the difference quite obvious but the difference with and without dri in X 4 seems much less so, and ultimately not as good - still, early days). Unfortunately, X wouldn't start at all if I used 24/32 bpp, which is what I use most of the time for my graphics work, so I can't just switch the XF86XConfig-4 files between 16bpp and 24/32bpp, and just log out and back in to switch depths. I also found that the version of Procmeter3 that I currently use won't run with test11 :-( so for now, I've reverted back to test5 (and no dri) until Procmeter3 can work in >=test11 and I can switch between 24/32bpp and 16bpp with dri installed. Thanks again, LeeE P.S. Don't know what the problem with mailing was - I receive mail on that box every day:-/ Hans Wilmer wrote: > > Hi, > > sorry for forwarding this; it seems I can't send you mails directly. > > GH [snip...] > > Well, I was hoping to discover an easy way to get it going this time, > like just downloading some Debian package(s), install it/them, edit my > XF86Config, maybe get and compile a new kernel --- and enjoy. But it > doesn't seem to be that easy, still :/ > > It would be nice if you could let me know whether 2.4.0-test11 and the > current XF86 sources fit together or not. I'm not exactly looking > forward to having to download several megs of X11 sources, not to > speak of a new kernel version again; but keeping up to date with the > XFree development might be a good idea, anyway. The improvement in > performance is really great in both 2D and 3D :), though the only > reason I need 4.0.1 is that game, `Terminus'. > > Good luck with getting it working! > > GH > -- > Nieder mit der Mineralölsteuer!! Senkt die Benzinpreise!! > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Nieder mit der Mineralölsteuer!! Senkt die Benzinpreise!! > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]