On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 05:31, Hod McWuff wrote: > I just caught on to something - the "Gatos 3D driver" that's been > referred to as the cause of my woes. While reading the documentation > (http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/DriverFiles) I realized > that the "3D driver" is under "xc/lib/GL/mesa/src/drv". The Gatos folks > distribute that as a patch changing three lines in radeon_span.c > > I haven't been using that patch. Never was. If that's the aforementioned > compensation change to the 3D driver, then it's time to start looking > for another cause. I did try the patch, of course, and it didn't help > matters. Caused a lockup on X startup if memory serves.
That's why I told you to forget about their 3D drivers. > All of the experimenting I've done points to the idea that memory setup > problems cause either X locks or instant reboots. With Gatos unmodified, > and the DRI DRM left alone except for the version minor number, and > everything else as Gentoo xfree-4.3.0-rc4 left it, applications coexist > with each other normally. I can even open multiple > /usr/lib/xscreensaver/gears windows. While doing so, CPU usage spikes > slightly as expected, and glxinfo continues to report that it can get > direct rendering. xawtv also coexists nicely with 3D apps. > > The problem is simply that I can't see any visible rendering. What version of the 3D driver are you using exactly? If you haven't yet, please try an unpatched one from current DRI or XFree86 CVS. -- Earthling Michel DÃnzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
