On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:23:21 +0100
Keith Whitwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Eddy wrote:
> > Dear mailing list,
> > I have been trying to get DRI working correctly but haven't succeeded 
> > obviously..
> > Many configurations failed for me. Here is a list of what I did:
> > -Installing cvs's DRI + Finally having Xfree-4.0.3.99.x => wrong module 
> > version (radeon.o)
> > -Recognizing radeon driver was built into the kernel statically 
> > -Switching off the <Xfree-4.3.0 kernel-module => Xfree with DRI but not 
> > OpenGL (glxinfo says Off)
> > -Reading that wrong libraries are used somehow
> > -Installing Mesa
> > -Meanwhile installing cvs's dri kernel modules in 
> > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel/
> > #make says that drm.o would be built but that hasn't been the fact here, 
> > only radeon.o is built for example.
> > (For those who might have the problem that sound has gone automagically 
> > after that and don't know why..
> > a make in the directory mentioned above recompiles some kernel's modules 
> > as far as I have understood that)
> > -Recognizing the library-confusion, installing cvs's DRI again 
> > (recovering the libs) + running ldconfig.
> > 
> > Well.. and a bit more all over the day.. My problem is that at the point 
> > where DRI was recognized by
> > XFree but not by glxinfo, glxgears worked with 1280 frames in 5 seconds 
> > or something like that..
> > When I finally got DRI recognized by glxinfo it workes with 75fp/s 
> > nearly constantly..
> > Someone in a chat told me that this isn't a desired effect. Therefore I 
> > am asking here, because I think I see
> > a chance that my Radeon 7500 could work nicer. Or do all of you Radeon 
> > 7500 users have such low framerates?
> 
> Felix -- Would you like to explain the vsync-by-default option to this gentleman?

:) Ok, I got the message. It's easier to leave things as they are than to
educate all users about subtleties of OpenGL specs. The default swap
interval is now changed back to 0 in CVS.

> 
> Keith

Regards,
  Felix

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