Sampsa Riikonen wrote: > Dear List, > > I am a new user here so I have some very basic questions.. > > I am trying to install the openchrome driver into my hp2133 > mini-laptop. The gpu I have on this laptop is the > > CN896 / VN896 / P4M900 > > aka "chrome9", I suppose. > > 2D works fine, but I am unable to get any 3D acceleration, so I > went through the steps suggested in the openchrome web-page: > ---------------------- > mini_install/temp2/openchrome # dmesg | grep -e agp -e drm > Linux agpgart interface v0.103 > via_agp: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > > linux-qj4i:~/hp_mini_install/temp2/openchrome # grep > openchrome /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (II) LoadModule: "openchrome" > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//drivers/openchrome_drv.so > (II) Module openchrome: vendor="http://openchrome.org/"; > (!!) For support, please refer to http://www.openchrome.org/. > > linux-qj4i:~/hp_mini_install/temp2/openchrome # grep > rendering /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (II) CHROME(0): direct rendering disabled > > linux-qj4i:~/hp_mini_install/temp2/openchrome # > grep "(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (EE) [drm] drmOpen failed. > (EE) CHROME(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > > (WW) CHROME(0): Unknown vendor-specific block f > (WW) CHROME(0): [XvMC] XvMC is not supported on this chipset. > (WW) CHROME(0): Option "PreferredMode" is not used > -------------------- > > "openchrome_dri.so" appears to be in the correct directory > (I installed the latest mesa library), but I cannot find a trace > of via_agp.so. Should this shared library come from the > openchrome driver or from the mesa project? > > Maybe I don't get 3D acceleration because my chip is not supported? > > Cheers, > > Sampsa Riikonen > There is currently no open source implementation of a Chrome9 3D driver and there will likely not be any until first the Chrome9 DRM is sorted out. Then a 3D driver using either DRI or Gallium 3D can be written, but this depend on VIA providing some pixel shaders documentation first. There is no ETA for such a documentation, but VIA is working on it.
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