On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 04:37, Dave Baker wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:34:15AM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > I think what you're trying to do is more hassle than it's worth. :) > > > > Unless you need multihead support, I think you can use a 7500 with 4.1.0 > > by overriding the ChipID to that of a VE (IIRC). You should try to get > > more information about this on the web or elsewhere and remember that > > I'm not responsible for any problems this might cause though. :) > > Ok. I'm starting to think so too ... also starting to think I should take > this card back and just get a nVidia instead, even with their less than > desirable driver license.
That's not what I was getting at, on the contrary. 'Hassle' only referred to packaging X out of CVS. I believe dealing with nVidia's drivers would be far more hassle though. :) > What I've ended up doing so far is just doing a standalone "make World" > from the CVS source and copying the following files over the top of my > current install. > > /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o (probably didn't need this) You probably did, actually. > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o > > My 'glxgears' framerate is truly horrible (and UT doesn't run at all) so I > suppose I need also include the updated DRM/DRI modules to that list. Maybe, and maybe also libGL.so and radeon_dri.so. Check the logs and follow the DRI user guide on http://dri.sf.net. > I think I'll just live with my hack and make sure I hold those packages > until 4.2.0 is out... That's not necessary. The X server supports several module paths; put the stuff from CVS somewhere where it doesn't interfere with dpkg and use that as the first ModulePath. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
