> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:42:02 -0500 (EST) > From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> > X-X-Sender: mharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cc: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Organization: Red Hat Inc. > X-Unexpected-Header: The Spanish Inquisition > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Length: 1573 > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Dave Reed wrote: > > >> >It's been a while, but I thought RHL 8.0 configured my ATI Rage 128 > >> >Mobility chipset in my laptop for direct rendering. I just installed > >> >RHL 9 and direct rendering is not enabled. The "Enable Hardware 3D > >> >Acceleration" checkbox is insensitve when I run > >> >redhat-config-xfree86. I have thousands of colors as the option since > >> >I believe this chipset/laptop LCD only support 16 bit color. > >> > >> Manually enable DRI by editing the X config file and making sure > >> the line: > >> > >> Load "dri" > >> > >> ... is present in the modules section. Our config tool assumes > >> that 3D acceleration is only available on Radeon and matrox I > >> think. Someone (possibly myself) reported this stupid behaviour, > >> but it seems to have not gotten fixed. As such the enable-3D > >> feature in the config tool is useless, unless you have one of the > >> few cards the checkbox is enabled for. > >> > >> Please file a bug report about this and CC me. > > > > > >I sent a second mail (although for some reason I didn't get either of > >them) indicating that it does work now. I'm not certain what I changed > >although I may have initially selected 24 bit color. The checkbox is > >still insensitve but I do have direct rendering. Do you still want a > >bug report submitted. > > The bug wasn't DRI not working, it was that the config tool > doesn't let you enable DRI. That is aparently still a valid bug, > so yes, please file it in bugzilla. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87866 Dave _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
