> > > I recently upgraded the kernel on my laptop to latest for Red Hat > > > 7.2, called 2.4.18-18.7.x. I then tried to reinstall DRI from the > > > latest dripkg (dated 12/4/2002). The laptop has a Mach64 Rage > > > Mobility graphics chip. After all these upgrades, I can no longer > > > get hardware acceleration. The error message in the XFree86 log is: > > > > > > [drm] drmSetBusid failed (7, PCI:1:0:0), Permission denied > > > > This "Permission denied" problem has been reported a couple of times > > now. It seems to occur if the DRM kernel module is compiled with a > > different compiler version than the kernel. AFAIK no one has bothered > > to find out why so far. You can either compile the kernel yourself or > > find out which compiler RedHat used and use the same one for the > > module. > > > > Liam, could you add this to the "Trouble Shooting" section in the FAQ? > > I'm getting tired of answering the same question over and over again OK, done.
but I am going to add the link to the add a faq page (now that I know how it works). Please note: use html formatting or else its just one long wrapped line. don't mess it up because you can't edit / delete it If you mess it up I can fix it so don't stress too much. Link for now: http://dri.sourceforge.net/faq/faq_add.phtml Liam ---- it depends ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
