On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/29/08 16:00, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 07/29/08 11:38, Jim McCloskey wrote: >>>> >>>> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> |> Does this infer that you need a graphical console, DRM or a kernel >>>> |> frame buffer? >>>> >>>> Not as far as I can tell. The script checks for various dependencies >>>> (git, headers for >>>> the running kernel, the kernel building packages and so on) but I can't >>>> see that it checks >>>> kernel configuration options (assuming that that was what you had in >>>> mind), >>> >>> Is CONFIG_DRM set in /boot/config-2.6* ? >> >> >> The Direct Render Manager has to be active for 3D to work. I think 2D >> xrender and >> XAA should work fine, but I believe that "desktop effects" and compiz >> require 3D. >> EXA should work, but will likely be *very* slow without DRM/DRI. XV should >> work >> fine without DRM/DRI, but I am not sure about XVmc. >> >> Do you not use DRM/DRI? > > Not needed with vesa, nv or nvidia drivers. 3D, aiglx and xvmc all work > like a charm with the nvidia binary driver.
Interesting, it looks like the nvidia binary drivers do their own thing. And of course vesa and nv have no 3D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
