23 Dec
2006
23 Dec
'06
9:31 p.m.
On 12/18/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com> wrote:
You need both for DRI to work - a kernel module and a userspace X11
driver. On my system the kernel module is "via":
via 41568 1
drm 62356 2 via
via_agp 9088 1
agpgart 29744 2 drm,via_agp
And the X driver is "via_drv.so":
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/via_drv.so
If the X server is properly configured, the kernel modules will
automatically be loaded when X starts. Check Xorg logs.
Lee
OK, my Xorg log shows this:
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libdrm.so
(II) Module drm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 4.0.3
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
(II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 6.5.7
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
Also, glxinfo tells me that direct rendering is working.
So now I think everything has been working fine, I just have the
open-source drivers instead of the binary only, which I'm hearing
makes 3D rendering a bit slower.
That's OK though, since I'm not much into 3D gaming with my audio workstation...
Thank you all for your help on this!
Cheers,
-TimH
Now that I look at the contents of the FC5 distro, I
see that there
is
a "xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.5.7.3-4.i3..>"
RPM, which I'm guessing would
contain the DRI module that I need?
-TimH
No, I think DRI is part of the kernel. I compile it as a module and
then load it as 'drm'. See my other post for the two Xorg-X11 drivers
in use on AMD64 with multiple sound cards.