From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932164AbWA0Rcg (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:32:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932175AbWA0Rcf (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:32:35 -0500 Received: from lila.akte.de ([213.239.211.75]:22462 "EHLO lila.akte.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932164AbWA0Rcf (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:32:35 -0500 KRecCount: 1 KInfo: virscan ok KInfo: !spam auth Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:32:15 +0100 From: Andy Spiegl To: Alistair John Strachan Cc: Benoit Boissinot , John Stoffel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.15 crashes X Server after running OpenGL programs Message-ID: <20060127173215.GC19166@spiegl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Andy Spiegl , Alistair John Strachan , Benoit Boissinot , John Stoffel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060124121542.GB13646@spiegl.de> <20060124142151.GA3538@spiegl.de> <40f323d00601240713x26c3a04cra46e1cd9639b12f2@mail.gmail.com> <200601241937.06679.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601241937.06679.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> X-PGP-GPG-Keys: mail -s "send pgp" auto@spiegl.de X-Accepted-File-Formats: ASCII OpenOffice .rtf .pdf - *NO* Microsoft files please. X-why-you-shouldnt-use-MS-LookOut: http://www.jensbenecke.de/l-oe-en.php X-warum-man-MS-Outlook-vermeiden-sollte: http://www.jensbenecke.de/l-oe-de.php X-Message-Flag: LookOut! You are using an insecure mail reader which can be used to spread viruses. X-how-to-quote: http://learn.to/quote/ X-how-to-ask-questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html X-stupid-disclaimers: http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Radeon 9000 is supported in Xorg and as far as i know was already supported > > in Xfree86. The open-source driver works fine for me (Radeon 9200SE). > > Indeed. Mesa will provide direct render acceleration on these cards without > using the proprietary driver. Since the 9000 is really too old to run modern > games, I suspect it will be more than adequate. Maybe I am doing something wrong but Mesa is awfully slow. I don't need highend acceleration but I can't even play tuxracer. Maybe I missed something??? gl-info says: GL_VENDOR = "Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org" GL_RENDERER = "Mesa GLX Indirect" GL_VERSION = "1.3 Mesa 4.0.4" GL_EXTENSIONS = "GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias " > I'd investigate the open source solution, because ATI's proprietary driver is > poor quality, even for your average binary vendor. yep, just like nvidias drivers. I had very bad experiences with them. Thanks, Andy. -- Fotos: francisco.spiegl.de o _ _ _ Infos: peru.spiegl.de __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) -o) Andy, Heidi, Francisco _`\<,_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ /\\ heidi.und.andy@spiegl.de (_)/ (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ _\_v ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Use the Source, Luke!