On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Mike Chambers wrote: >Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 08:14:24 -0500 >From: Mike Chambers <mikec@mingetty.com> >To: xfree86-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >List-Id: Red Hat XFree86 list <xfree86-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: Kernel DRM Woes > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gregory S. Hayes" <syncomm@icebreaker.net> >To: <xfree86-list@redhat.com> >Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 12:32 AM >Subject: Kernel DRM Woes > > >> I have been trying to get direct rendering working with my 7.3 install. >> When using my freshly compiled tdfx.o module I get an unresolved symbol >> "cmpxchg" :( > >Don't know why your re-compiling to get this, as it should be included in >the 7.3 kernels already. I use voodoo3 already and I use it just fine via >the "install out of the box". Just use 16 for resolution and try the >1024x768 modline and see if that works. Maybe DRM isn't supported out of >the box or something, I don't know. 3Dfx works out of the box with 3D accel in 16bit depth only (hardware limitation, not software), and 16Mb cards work only in resolutions of 1024x768 or less due to a limitation which is a combination of the limitation of having only 16Mb of video memory, as well as the video driver not being able to handle the video memory more effectively. As such, it disables DRI in situations known to be crashable. There is a patch floating around which might make the situation better, but I lost it. If anyone has a copy, send it to me and I'll put it in rawhide. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
