Thanks for your valuable pointer. I then tried compiling the latest xorg-server 1.17.1 with --enable-glamor but unfortunately I got these nasty compile errors. http://pastebin.com/cQi1geM9 I'm really clueless about how this happened and how to tackle it.
Chan-Kit > -----Original Message----- > From: xorg [mailto:xorg-boun...@lists.x.org] On Behalf Of Ken Moffat > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 12:04 PM > To: xorg@lists.x.org > Subject: Re: Enabling Glamor acceleration > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 03:38:30AM +0000, Yu, Chan KitX wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I have searched quite extensively about enabling Glamor acceleration. > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Glamor/ looked promising but > it was quite some time ago since the page and the code base were updated, > which isn't confidence inspiring either. I have read the reason behind the > desertion of the page is because Glamor is merged together with xorg-server > and so there is no need of a separate Glamor page and codebase. > > > > So my question here is how do I configure xorg-server to enable Glamor? I > have libglamor installed and followed the instructions in the Glamor webpage > but my result wasn't so fruitful so far. Hence my email here. > > > > Thanks, > > Chan-Kit > > I used the following in a file in xorgconf.d/ on one of my boxes which ran a > low-end radeon variant where glamor improved the power consumption > (Aruba, if my memory is correct - the motherboard seems to have died). > You'll need to change at least the Driver. > > # turn glamor on > Section "Device" > Identifier "radeon" > Driver "ati" > Option "AccelMethod" "glamor" > EndSection > > But I think you may be missing a dependency - the version of glamor in xorg- > server-1.17 uses libepoxy, and the only reference to a glamor lib in my logs > is > for libglamoregl.so in the xorg-server's modules. > > Alternatively, if by 'configure' you meant "which options do I pass to > ./configure" the answer is '--enable-glamor'. > > ĸen > -- > Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. > Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
