9:01 p.m.
Hi, everyone, the ongoing battle of the graphics cards. My "good" read
high speed full development system runs well. However I want to use an
older system with Croquet. Problem: the older system appears
misconficured somehow.
It has an ATI Rage Pro graphics chip set according to lspci, And the
graphics configuration for X sets it up as a Rage board OK. I have
attempted to down load the latest ATI driver for it, but unsuccessfully,
so I suspect I will have to attempt that late tonight when there is less
traffic. In the mean time, I am working to discover what I can about
the current setup that is bad. I went throght the configuration on
Finley's site, and it appeared to work OK, then when I rebooted, it
began to reconfigure the graphics on every reboot. And I still have low
performance, and moreover seem to have lost a bit of software from the
graphics interface. Here is the output from glxgears:
[lesh@localhost ~]$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
541 frames in 6.1 seconds = 89.342 FPS
452 frames in 5.6 seconds = 80.584 FPS
What is really weird is that when glxgears first starts up, the gears
rotate like all getout, then slow down and then the printout comes out.
Note the extension missing. I have tried "yum whatprovides XFree86-DRI"
with no results shown. I suspect that this is from the DRIES repo, but
don't want to load from there until I can get some more information.
Meanwhile, here is the lspci results:
-bash: export: `=': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `1': not a valid identifier
[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev
01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev
01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Rockwell International Riptide PCI
Audio Controller
00:0b.1 Communication controller: Rockwell International Riptide HCF 56k
PCI Modem
00:0b.2 Input device controller: Rockwell International Riptide PCI Game
Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP
1X/2X (rev 5c)
I have enabled the SELinux stuff according to Finley's site, but no
difference.
This is from Xrg.0.log
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X rev 92, Mem
@ 0xf5000000/24, 0xf4100000/12, I/O @ 0x2000/8
Also:
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
and:
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
(II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 6.6.3
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
And:
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.6.3) for chipsets: ati, ativga
(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets:
ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 ML (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PA (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PB (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PC (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PD (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PE (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PG (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PH (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PI (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PJ (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PK (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PL (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PM (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PN (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PO (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PP (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PQ (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PR (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PS (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PT (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PU (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PV (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PW (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PX (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 GL RE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 GL RF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 VR RK (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 VR RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SE (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SF (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SG (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SH (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SK (PCI/AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SL (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SM (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 4X SN (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TS (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TT (AGP?),
ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TU (AGP?)
(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),
ATI Radeon VE/7000 QY (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon VE/7000 QZ (AGP/PCI),
ATI ES1000 515E (PCI), ATI ES1000 5969 (PCI),
ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP),
ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7 LX (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LZ (AGP),
ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3) 4136, ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1) 4336,
ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137,
ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,
ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+) 4237, ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP 4437,
ATI FireGL 8700/8800 QH (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9100 QM (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BB (AGP),
ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BC (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP/PCI),
ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon 9000/PRO If (AGP/PCI),
ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP/PCI), ATI FireGL Mobility 9000 (M9) Ld (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lf (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lg (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (A5) 5834,
ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (U3) 5835, ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP 7834,
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP 7835, ATI Radeon 9250 5960 (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9200SE 5964 (AGP), ATI FireMV 2200 (PCI),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C61 (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C63 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX AF (AGP),
ATI FireGL Z1 AG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700 Pro ND (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro NE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX NF (AGP),
ATI FireGL X1 NG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600 AP (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9600SE AQ (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600XT AR (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP), ATI FireGL T2 AT (AGP),
ATI FireGL RV360 AV (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11) NP (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NQ (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M11) NR (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NS (AGP),
ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10) NT (AGP),
ATI FireGL Mobility T2e (M11) NV (AGP), ATI Radeon 9650,
ATI Radeon 9800SE AH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 AI (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9800 AJ (AGP), ATI FireGL X2 AK (AGP),
ATI Radeon 9800PRO NH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 NI (AGP),
ATI FireGL X2 NK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800XT NJ (AGP),
ATI Radeon X600 (RV380) 3E50 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380) 3E54 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24) 3150 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24) 3152 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL M24 GL 3154 (PCIE), ATI Radeon X300 (RV370) 5B60 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X600 (RV370) 5B62 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X550 (RV370) 5B63 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370) 5B64 (PCIE),
ATI FireMV 2200 PCIE (RV370) 5B65 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) 5460 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon Mobility X600 SE (M24C) 5462 (PCIE),
ATI FireGL M22 GL 5464 (PCIE), ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A41 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A42 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A61 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A62 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5954 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5974 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5975 (PCIE), ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X700 PRO (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X700 XT (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JH (AGP), ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420) JI (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800SE (R420) JJ (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JK (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JL (AGP), ATI FireGL X3 (R420) JM (AGP),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 (M18) JN (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800XT (R420) JP (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420) (AGP),
ATI Radeon AIW X800 VE (R420) JT (AGP),
ATI Radeon X800 (R423) UH (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800PRO (R423) UI (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800LE (R423) UJ (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800SE (R423) UK (PCIE),
ATI FireGL V5100 (R423) UQ (PCIE),
ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UR (PCIE),
ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UT (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800XT (R423) 5D57 (PCIE), ATI FireGL V7100 (R423) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5100 (M28) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28) (PCIE),
ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800 (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 XL (R430) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X800 SE (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 XTP (R430) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 5D4C (PCIE),
ATI unknown Radeon / FireGL (R480) 5D50 (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (PCIE),
ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (AGP),
ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (AGP)
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "Videocard0".
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(II) ATI: Shared PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 detected.
(II) ATI: Shared PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 assigned to active
"Device" section "Videocard0".
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf4010000 - 0xf4010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf4000000 - 0xf400ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf4011000 - 0xf40110ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xf4100000 - 0xf4100fff (0x1000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf5ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00001080 - 0x000010bf (0x40) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x000014ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00001060 - 0x0000107f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00001050 - 0x0000105f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Loading sub module "atimisc"
(II) LoadModule: "atimisc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/atimisc_drv.so
(II) Module atimisc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 6.6.3
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf4010000 - 0xf4010fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf4000000 - 0xf400ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf4011000 - 0xf40110ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xf4100000 - 0xf4100fff (0x1000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf5ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00001080 - 0x000010bf (0x40) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00001400 - 0x000014ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001060 - 0x0000107f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001050 - 0x0000105f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
[20] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[21] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(==) ATI(0): Chipset: "ati".
(**) ATI(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) ATI(0): Using XAA acceleration architecture
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) ATI(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
And then there is a bunch of stuff about modeline setups and so forth.
Does anyone have any idea of what I should try next? Or where I could
look for debugging this program?
Regards,
Les H
10:27 p.m.
Les,
I have been down the road you're traveling on (decent 3D from a Rage
Pro), and the conclusion that I reached was the Rage Pro is too old
to handle all of the fun 3D stuff you're hoping for. Perhaps I failed
to configure it properly, but you'll probably need (want) a more
recent video card for Croquet et al.
What is the output of 'glxinfo | grep -i direct'?
Chris
7:06 a.m.
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:27 -0500, Chris Mohler wrote:
I have been down the road you're traveling on (decent 3D from a
Rage
Pro), and the conclusion that I reached was the Rage Pro is too old
to handle all of the fun 3D stuff you're hoping for. Perhaps I failed
to configure it properly, but you'll probably need (want) a more
recent video card for Croquet et al.
Less, I agree with Chris on the card not possibly handling all the 3D
stuff. I would just use the driver that Fedora comes with (or at least
the latest updates), as the latest ATI drivers don't support the older
cards. You'll have to download one of their legacy drivers for that.
Otherwise, spend a few extra dollars and try to get a tad more updated
card of your choice.
--
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
"Sex is like air, it's not important unless your not getting any!"
9:16 p.m.
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:01 -0700, Les wrote:
Hi, everyone, the ongoing battle of the graphics cards. My
"good" read
high speed full development system runs well. However I want to use an
older system with Croquet. Problem: the older system appears
misconficured somehow.
It has an ATI Rage Pro graphics chip set according to lspci, And the
graphics configuration for X sets it up as a Rage board OK. I have
attempted to down load the latest ATI driver for it, but unsuccessfully,
so I suspect I will have to attempt that late tonight when there is less
traffic. In the mean time, I am working to discover what I can about
the current setup that is bad. I went throght the configuration on
Finley's site, and it appeared to work OK, then when I rebooted, it
began to reconfigure the graphics on every reboot. And I still have low
performance, and moreover seem to have lost a bit of software from the
graphics interface. Here is the output from glxgears:
[lesh@localhost ~]$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
541 frames in 6.1 seconds = 89.342 FPS
452 frames in 5.6 seconds = 80.584 FPS
[snip]
Does anyone have any idea of what I should try next? Or where I
could
look for debugging this program?
Regards,
Les H
Sadly enough, there's no easy solution for your problem.
For the time being I'm forced to download/patch/build/install the DRI
drivers (and the mesa RPM) for my mach64 based laptop display by hand.
On the upside, the next kernel - libDRI sync will most likely include
the latest mach64/rage/rage128 drivers paving the pay to a
out-of-the-box experience.
In the mean time, if you're willing to put an effort into it, do the
following:
A. Download the latest rage128 snapshot from freedesktop [1]. You'll
need to patch it to make it compatible withe latest kernel. (Let me know
if you need help.)
B. Build and install the rage128 DRI kernel module using the build-in
install.sh script.
C. As far as I remember, the mesa RPM already includes the user-land
rage128 DRI driver, so there's no need to patch and rebuild the mesa
SRPM. (One of my least favorite tasks :()
- Gilboa
[1] http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
9:36 p.m.
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 05:16 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:01 -0700, Les wrote:
> Hi, everyone, the ongoing battle of the graphics cards. My "good" read
> high speed full development system runs well. However I want to use an
> older system with Croquet. Problem: the older system appears
> misconficured somehow.
> It has an ATI Rage Pro graphics chip set according to lspci, And the
> graphics configuration for X sets it up as a Rage board OK. I have
> attempted to down load the latest ATI driver for it, but unsuccessfully,
> so I suspect I will have to attempt that late tonight when there is less
> traffic. In the mean time, I am working to discover what I can about
> the current setup that is bad. I went throght the configuration on
> Finley's site, and it appeared to work OK, then when I rebooted, it
> began to reconfigure the graphics on every reboot. And I still have low
> performance, and moreover seem to have lost a bit of software from the
> graphics interface. Here is the output from glxgears:
> [lesh@localhost ~]$ glxgears
> Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> 541 frames in 6.1 seconds = 89.342 FPS
> 452 frames in 5.6 seconds = 80.584 FPS
[snip]
> Does anyone have any idea of what I should try next? Or where I could
> look for debugging this program?
>
> Regards,
> Les H
Sadly enough, there's no easy solution for your problem.
For the time being I'm forced to download/patch/build/install the DRI
drivers (and the mesa RPM) for my mach64 based laptop display by hand.
On the upside, the next kernel - libDRI sync will most likely include
the latest mach64/rage/rage128 drivers paving the pay to a
out-of-the-box experience.
In the mean time, if you're willing to put an effort into it, do the
following:
A. Download the latest rage128 snapshot from freedesktop [1]. You'll
need to patch it to make it compatible withe latest kernel. (Let me know
if you need help.)
B. Build and install the rage128 DRI kernel module using the build-in
install.sh script.
C. As far as I remember, the mesa RPM already includes the user-land
rage128 DRI driver, so there's no need to patch and rebuild the mesa
SRPM. (One of my least favorite tasks :()
- Gilboa
[1] http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
Strike that.
Oops... you don't have a rage128, you have a rage-pro chipset - which
AFAIR, is more-or-less the same as my mach64/rage-LT chipset. (Am I
right?)
If so, do the following:
A. Download the latest mach64 snapshot from freedesktop [1]. You'll need
to patch it to make it compatible withe latest kernel. (Let me know if
you need help.)
B. Build and install the mach64 DRI kernel module using the build-in install.sh script.
C. Make sure you have a working SRPM build environment. [2]
D. Download and install the latest mesa SRPM from Fedora. [3]
E. Apply the attached patch to the mesa.spec file. [4] (cd ~/redhat/SPEC; patch -p0 <
/patch/file/path/mesa.patch)
F. Build and install the hand-build mesa SRPM. (rpmbuild -ba mesa.spec)
Be aware the mach64 DRI is a bit, err, sketchy, it should be enough to run a composite
manager
(xcompmgr/kompmgr) and a nice OpenGL screen saver - but it's not iron proof.
(Read: I never tried running compiz/beryl on it, and I had a few crashes)
- Gilboa
[1] http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
[2]
http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/building_RPMS_fr...
[3]
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/SRPMS/
[4] mesa.patch follows:
==== BEGIN patch =======
--- mesa.spec.old 2007-02-26 12:45:09.000000000 +0200
+++ mesa.spec 2007-02-26 12:47:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
Summary: Mesa graphics libraries
Name: mesa
Version: 6.5.1
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
License: MIT/X11
Group: System Environment/Libraries
URL: http://www.mesa3d.org
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
%if %{with_dri}
install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/dri
-for f in i810 i915 i965 mga r128 r200 r300 radeon savage sis tdfx
unichrome; do
+for f in i810 i915 i965 mga r128 r200 r300 radeon savage sis tdfx
unichrome mach64; do
so=%{_lib}/${f}_dri.so
test -e $so && install -m 0755 $so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/dri
done
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@
%{_bindir}/glxinfo
%changelog
+* Wed Feb 26 2007 Gilboa Davara <gilboad [AT] gmail.com> 6.5.1-10.fc6
+- Mach64 support.
+
* Wed Jan 24 2007 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> 6.5.1-9.fc6
- Add a build (and hopefully runtime) fix for mach64. (#221117)
==== END patch =======
1:55 p.m.
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 05:36 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 05:16 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:01 -0700, Les wrote:
> > Hi, everyone, the ongoing battle of the graphics cards. My "good"
read
> > high speed full development system runs well. However I want to use an
> > older system with Croquet. Problem: the older system appears
> > misconficured somehow.
> > It has an ATI Rage Pro graphics chip set according to lspci, And the
> > graphics configuration for X sets it up as a Rage board OK. I have
> > attempted to down load the latest ATI driver for it, but unsuccessfully,
> > so I suspect I will have to attempt that late tonight when there is less
> > traffic. In the mean time, I am working to discover what I can about
> > the current setup that is bad. I went throght the configuration on
> > Finley's site, and it appeared to work OK, then when I rebooted, it
> > began to reconfigure the graphics on every reboot. And I still have low
> > performance, and moreover seem to have lost a bit of software from the
> > graphics interface. Here is the output from glxgears:
> > [lesh@localhost ~]$ glxgears
> > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> > 541 frames in 6.1 seconds = 89.342 FPS
> > 452 frames in 5.6 seconds = 80.584 FPS
> [snip]
> > Does anyone have any idea of what I should try next? Or where I could
> > look for debugging this program?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Les H
>
> Sadly enough, there's no easy solution for your problem.
> For the time being I'm forced to download/patch/build/install the DRI
> drivers (and the mesa RPM) for my mach64 based laptop display by hand.
> On the upside, the next kernel - libDRI sync will most likely include
> the latest mach64/rage/rage128 drivers paving the pay to a
> out-of-the-box experience.
>
> In the mean time, if you're willing to put an effort into it, do the
> following:
> A. Download the latest rage128 snapshot from freedesktop [1]. You'll
> need to patch it to make it compatible withe latest kernel. (Let me know
> if you need help.)
> B. Build and install the rage128 DRI kernel module using the build-in
> install.sh script.
> C. As far as I remember, the mesa RPM already includes the user-land
> rage128 DRI driver, so there's no need to patch and rebuild the mesa
> SRPM. (One of my least favorite tasks :()
>
> - Gilboa
> [1] http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
Strike that.
Oops... you don't have a rage128, you have a rage-pro chipset - which
AFAIR, is more-or-less the same as my mach64/rage-LT chipset. (Am I
right?)
If so, do the following:
A. Download the latest mach64 snapshot from freedesktop [1]. You'll need
to patch it to make it compatible withe latest kernel. (Let me know if
you need help.)
B. Build and install the mach64 DRI kernel module using the build-in install.sh script.
C. Make sure you have a working SRPM build environment. [2]
D. Download and install the latest mesa SRPM from Fedora. [3]
E. Apply the attached patch to the mesa.spec file. [4] (cd ~/redhat/SPEC; patch -p0 <
/patch/file/path/mesa.patch)
F. Build and install the hand-build mesa SRPM. (rpmbuild -ba mesa.spec)
Be aware the mach64 DRI is a bit, err, sketchy, it should be enough to run a composite
manager
(xcompmgr/kompmgr) and a nice OpenGL screen saver - but it's not iron proof.
(Read: I never tried running compiz/beryl on it, and I had a few crashes)
- Gilboa
[1] http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/
[2]
http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/building_RPMS_fr...
[3]
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/SRPMS/
[4] mesa.patch follows:
==== BEGIN patch =======
--- mesa.spec.old 2007-02-26 12:45:09.000000000 +0200
+++ mesa.spec 2007-02-26 12:47:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
Summary: Mesa graphics libraries
Name: mesa
Version: 6.5.1
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
License: MIT/X11
Group: System Environment/Libraries
URL: http://www.mesa3d.org
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
%if %{with_dri}
install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/dri
-for f in i810 i915 i965 mga r128 r200 r300 radeon savage sis tdfx
unichrome; do
+for f in i810 i915 i965 mga r128 r200 r300 radeon savage sis tdfx
unichrome mach64; do
so=%{_lib}/${f}_dri.so
test -e $so && install -m 0755 $so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/dri
done
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@
%{_bindir}/glxinfo
%changelog
+* Wed Feb 26 2007 Gilboa Davara <gilboad [AT] gmail.com> 6.5.1-10.fc6
+- Mach64 support.
+
* Wed Jan 24 2007 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com> 6.5.1-9.fc6
- Add a build (and hopefully runtime) fix for mach64. (#221117)
==== END patch =======
Thanks, Gilboa,
That is good information, and I will try it, but from the comments here
and from others, I think I just need a good upgrade. I will certainly
try this tonight and let you know how it turns out.
Regards,
Les H
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