On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 09:52:06PM +0200, Robert Voigt wrote: > I want DRI for my Voodoo3 card. But I'm confused. > > Somewhere I read DRI is included in XFree86 4.0.1. > Somewhere else I read it's in the 2.4. kernel. > And in /var/log/XFree.0.log I found the line: > > (EE) TDFX(0): DRIScreenInit failed, disabling DRI. > > (This is with 16bpp) > > Do I have DRI already and it just doesn't work? > > The reason why I want it is I want to use mplayer, and mplayer gives an error > message when I run it. The FAQ of mplayer says I should update my driver if I > get this error message. I don't know what driver they mean, but I found this > http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/10464/2001/5/250/5777677/ > That guy got DRI 0.6. But there is no DRI 0.6 I could download. > > Now, where is DRI?
It's in both. X provides the DRI API, but to make use of it, you need a
module for your video card. I'm using kernel 2.4.4, with a Voodoo3. The tdfx
module is included with kernel 2.4.4. So, running at 16 bpp, I have 3D accel.
You need to have the tdfx module loaded in the kernel (or compiled in for that
matter) before you can use DRI. You'll also need libglide3.
ii libglide3 2001.01.26-1 Graphics library for 3Dfx Voodoo based cards
Works great for me.
Mike
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