On 7 Nov 2002, PHD wrote: >Is there a simple way to activate the Render extension for the Intel MB >with chipset I845. Some articles on the net go until recompiling the >kernel, thing that makes me afraid on a production server.
The render extension has nothing at all whatsoever to do with the kernel. It is an X server extension that is built into the X server by default and can not be disabled. So if you're running XFree86, then your X server has RENDER built in. Unfortunately, Intel i845 video is not supported in XFree86 4.2.0, and won't be officially supported until 4.3.0 is released. >Moreover, adding a video card does not cost a lot...just to know >if this is worth patching the system...or spending some money. You'd need to use a supported video card. You can test the CVS XFree86 RPM's that I've got on people.redhat.com however if you want to beta test the i845 driver support. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc.
