Thanks. That is what I needed. Sounds like I need to forget it on this machine as it's not worth the time<G>. As soon as I can get the mysterious RAID failure fixed on my other machine I'll use it as it has a GeForce TI500.
> > From: Bob Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/01/20 Thu PM 04:30:33 GMT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ATI RAge XL > > > I have one system with an onboard ATI Rage XL. Is it even possible to > > get opengl working with this card? I've looked at the Gentoo hardware 3d > > docs and the ati-gatos but they don't explicitly mention this card. I've > > been using Nvidia so I'm not really sure what is what in the ATI line. > > > > The Rage XL is an ancient chip. It might be able to do OpenGL, but only with > the Mesa drivers - standard Xorg install, in /etc/X11/xorg.conf select - > > Section "Device" > Identifier "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]" > Driver "ati" > #VideoRam 8192 > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate > EndSection > > uncomment DRI - > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > And build dri and agp into the kernel. But, it's slower than anything else > on the planet, except a blind monkey doing 3D drawings on a etch-a-scetch. > > Bob > - > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
