On Saturday 19 August 2006 07:21, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > The mach64 module wasn't found so X can't run on this machine that one > > was fatal. I did tasksel and selected desktop environment so as to > > have a few things for X to run but not quite enough things apparently. > > If you're talking about a mach64 video card, then you should be able to > run X using the card without any trouble. > > Getting direct rendering working is tricky, however. Apparently, due to > some security concerns, the driver for direct rendering for the Mach64 > Rage Pro card is not included. It can be obtained at > http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/ > (the general site is http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Download) The > driver comes with an install script that is pretty easy. I use Etch, > with xorg. > > There was a way to get direct rendering to work with Sarge using xfree86 > too, that being to add > deb http://www.nixnuts.net/files/ ./ > deb-src http://www.nixnuts.net/files/ ./ > to your sources.list, and then install drm-trunk-module-src to your > machine. I don't know if these repositories are still in operation or > not, though. > > A site with information is at > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriTroubleshooting > > Good luck.
Yes, lot's of luck! I had been using the "nixnuts" driver for a long time until it was simply impossible to keep along it with Sid's xorg. Succumbed, bought an Nvidia card which is ten times faster anyway. I know nothing aobut the freedesktop driver but it might be worth a look. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
