DRI

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Thanks! This works perfectly!

On Wednesday 16 July 2003 14:47, John Venter wrote:
> Hi there.. I'm not sure which Mac you have but I had a similar problem
> on my iBook 600 with ATI Graphics.
>
> Try this fix: (from the yellowdog site)
>
> Introduction:
> Do you want accelerated 3D so you can have some fun on your new PPC
> Linux Box? Of course you do! Follow these EZ steps and you'll be
> accelerating in no time.
>
> Setup 3D
> Become the root user and open up the X config file for editing:
> su - [ENTER]
> pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 [ENTER]
> Now scroll down using your arrow keys until you see the line that looks
> like this:
> #load dri [ENTER]
> Delete the comment so it looks like this:
> load dri [ENTER]
> Now keep scrolling down until you see this section (it's close to the
> bottom):
>
>         Identifier	"Screen0"
>         Device		"Card0"
>         Monitor		"Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth 15
>         DefaultDepth 25
>
> ... modify the "25" to "16". Now add a this section to the file (make
> sure it is not under any other sections):
>
> Section "DRI" [ENTER]
> Mode 0666 [ENTER]
> EndSectionHit [ENTER]
> ... hit CTRL-X and then "y" to save and exit.
>
>
> Test 3D
> Restart X , log in as a normal user, open up a terminal and type:
> glxinfo [ENTER]
> If you see the line "direct rendering: Yes" then your doing good. It is
> at the very top.
>
> Finally run:
> glxgears [ENTER]
> See those gears spin! They should be spinning WELL over 100fps. Go
> download Tuxracer and have some fun!
> This HOWTO was written by Kurt Hein
>
>
> _________
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
> Of LingWitt@insightbb.com
> Sent: 16 July 2003 18:52
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: DRI
>
> On Wednesday 16 July 2003 13:42, Longman, Bill wrote:
> > This error and the KDE problem you are having both seem like you need
>
> to
>
> > install the kernel-source. Run "rpm -qa | grep kernel" to see which
>
> one you
>
> > have. You should see kernel-source-2.4.20-8d at least.
> >
> > I have glibc-kernheaders installed and I just compiled xplanet
>
> successfully
>
> > on my PB. You might just need glibc-devel and glibc-common. I'd
>
> probably
>
> > start there.
>
> The kernel is alright. I can also select my card and driver in the
> Display
> settings, but it won't let me select hardware support. As a result, 3D
> games
> are really slow.
>
> How do I know what kind of headers I have and where do I get the ones I
> need?
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