you need to change the DRI config settings: http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ConfigurationInfrastructure
perhaps we shouldn't make sync to refresh the default. Alex --- Paul Zaremba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a Radeon 8500 LE with an LCD attached to the CRT output. > I've been compiling the DRI to test against NwN, glxgears, and > bzflag. > So first of all, great work! > > However, as of last week when I downloaded and compiled the DRI it > appears > that my glxgears framerate is capping at the vSync rate (70fps) and > the > hardware NwN fps is a little over half what it used to be, > lighting/texture > glitches and all. I suspect that it's idling the CPU waiting for > vSync in > both. > > I re-tested by using the latest trunk as of this morning and it's > still > capped. > > It also appears that R200_NO_TCL no longer functions. It was the > only thing > that allowed me to play NwN at all with the DRI since I prefer not to > use the > ATI binary drivers. I haven't learned how to use what appears to be > the DRI > config file yet, but that's on my list of things to do this weekend. > In the > source it looks like I can set TCL_mode to 0 in the config file to > achieve > the same effect that R200_NO_TCL used to give me. > Is my deduction correct about the config file? > > If you want, when I get the time (read: tomorrow) I will use cvs > update -D to > binary search through the tree of the last 45 days and find when it > changed. > > I'm willing to dig into the code and find out what's wrong. I design > and > implement software for a living and as my second favorite hobby. So, > while > I'm not familiar with the code I believe I can be of more use than > the usual > "it's broken, help?" statements. > > Just in case they may be useful I have logs available at: > http://treeofice.net/~pez/logs/ > XFree86.0.log (50K) > glxinfo.log (4.1K) > I figure I'll sacrifice some outgoing bandwidth to keep from spamming > the list > with files unnecessarily. > > System info; > Athlon 1800+, 512MB RAM, Radeon 8500LE, gentoo linux > (ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"), > 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 with kernel module not built in kernel. Using the > DRI CVS > kernel module. The LCD monitor has a CRT connector and is connect to > the CRT > output. I have a DVI to CRT convertor somewhere if testing through > the DVI > port is desired. > > Note: > I used to get ~1450 out of glxgears, 36 fps out of NwN with the ugly > hardware > acceleration. Now it's 70/19. The cap happens with or without page > flipping > (makes sense). The logs are without page flipping. > > Thanks, > Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & > Expo > The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The > Enterprise > Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room > http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
