On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:13:53 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > Hello, list. I've recently installed Debian Wheezy on a "new" (to me) > computer with an ATI Rage XL video chip. Here is an excerpt from the > output of "lspci -nn -vv". (Line wraps have been inserted to keep well > within the customary 80-column limit.)
(...) > ATI 3D Rage XL or XC graphics controller detected Chip type 4752 > "GR", version 7, foundry TSMC, class 0, revision 0x00 > > So the chip does have 3D capabilities. Yes it has, although the VGA chipset is about 8 years (or so) old so don't expect astonishing results :-) > But when the X server attempts to activate 3D acceleration, I get the > following error: > > [drm] failed to load kernel module "mach64" > > and the driver reverts to 2D acceleration only. And you need 3D acceleration because...? > I've done quite a bit of internet searching this morning, and it > appears that it is, at least in theory, possible to enable 3D > acceleration; but it is not a trivial task. Here's one link that I've > found: > > > http://www.allquests.com/question/1501572-4/HOWTO-enable-3d-acceleration-w-Rage-Mobility-mach64.html I will add this one: http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriTroubleshooting > But this involves manual compilation and not using Debian packages. I wonder why people is so reluctant about installing packages from the outside when this involves upstream projects which are well-known and trustworthy :-? > From other search results, it appears that there was at one time a > Debian package called drm-modules-source, which existed in experimental > back in the days of Lenny, but this package appears to have disappeared. There exists this package but not sure if it's for the same purpose :-? http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/xserver-xorg-video-mach64 > Before I get knee-deep in this, I thought I'd ask the list if there's a > better way. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is there a > Debian package I can use? After reading this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mach64 I would avoid using the module, it does not look very stable :-/ Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k2frf0$j4c$9...@ger.gmane.org
