On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 13:45:51 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 20:20 +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:57:25 +0100, Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > > > You need to enable DRI, look in the maling list, it was asked some weeks > > ago. > > With glxinfo you should see a line "direct rendering: Yes" if enabled. > > > > Basically, if you are using default stock kernel, you only need to > > load your chipset AGP support for DRM (agpgart and one of the > > intel-agp via-agp, this dipend on your motherboard), then you need > > to load the "radeon" module and then start X. > > > > With the latest hotplug, probably the version present in Sarge should > > be enough, the loading stuff should be automatic, if not you can use > > your /etc/modules file. > > > > > > Andrea > > > > P.S. you can squeeze some FPS adding a couple of line to your > > XF86config-4, like enabling page flip and fast write: > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > > Driver "ati" > > Option "AGPMode" "4" > > Option "AGPFastWrite" "on" > > Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" > > EndSection > > Out of curiosity, will it ever be as fast as, say, a GeForce FX5500 > using the nvidia binary? >
Absolutely not, the Radeon 9000 (RV250) is now considered a low-end graphic card, but if you don't need to run Doom3 i think is good enough, don't need a fan to run and has IMHO a good 2D quality. Another pro is the 3D support by XFree86 without proprietary binary drivers. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
