Not being an expert..... I have been playing with unstable (xserver-xfree8 4.3.0-7) on my Ultra 10 with an elite video card. (which uses sunffb) and I added in the dri module using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 no problem:
[...] Section "Module" [...] Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" [...] EndSection [...] There are some issues that may be worth mentioning: local OpenGL clients segfault (though remote ones are fine, so that suggests a mesalib problem) Ctrl-Alt F1,F2 and backspace don't seem to work. (I am only pointing out these as I have no idea what the dri library does !) -- Steve > Hi folks, > > I have the following in xserver-xfree86.config: > > # server modules to load > # XXX: damnit, explicitly loading the dri module is broken for sunffb > users :-P db_get xserver-xfree86/config/device/driver > if [ "$ARCH" = "sparc" ] && [ "$RET" = "sunffb" ]; then > MODULE_LIST="GLcore, bitmap, dbe, ddc, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, > record, speedo, type1, v4l, vbe, xtt" > else > MODULE_LIST="GLcore, bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, > int10, record, speedo, type1, v4l, vbe, xtt" > fi > > This dates back to XFree86 4.1.0: > > xfree86 (4.1.0-17) unstable; urgency=low > > [...] > * debian/xserver-xfree86.config: > [...] > - do not explicitly load the "dri" module on the sparc architecture > if the > sunffb driver is being used, because of an apparent upstream bug > in the module loader (thanks, Ben Collins) > > -- Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 24 May 2002 01:26:13 > -0500 > > Can someone who uses the sunffb driver tell me if this is still > necessary with XFree86 4.3.0? I'd like to take that kludge out. > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | Don't use nuclear weapons to > Debian GNU/Linux | troubleshoot faults. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- US Air Force Instruction > 91-111 http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |