Yep I tried the "ForcePCIMode" "true" option - and various and sundry other combinations of options in my device section either X works with no hardware acceleation or X hangs as described before. So ForcePCIMode yeilds the same results as the driver the mharris pointed to in the aforementioned link. And this is the case w/o ForcePCIMode and w/o mharris's tweaked driver. Also, noticed the 'ForcePCIMode' bug in XFree's buggzilla and the BusType is the way to go - 'cept that must be a XFree 4.4 thing, because the log file just mentions that it is ignoring it as unknown.. I was hoping to tweak/tune/config this without having to recompile anything....that doesn't look promising... Interesting to note something: The Xlog, in this condition, doesn't really indicate anything is wrong. I have presumed that at the point of the last message X is so badly hung it isn't writing anymore. Or that it started up OK as far as it was concerned and didn't have anything more to write to log (before I kill it)... I guess I should compare a 'good' log with a 'bad' log... > > From: Alex Deucher <agd5f@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2004/01/19 Mon PM 06:00:48 EST > To: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re: ATI Radeon PCI 9200SE no DRI > > > --- Fred Welland <f.welland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > can I just grab the source(s) compile and update radeon_drv.o (and > > ati_drv.o) in my exiting XFree install (from RH9)? > > probably... you will also need a newer version of the XFree86 binary > and a newer r200_dri.so, libGL, and possibly a newer version of the DRM > (radeon kernel module). > > > > > Or is do I gotta do a total rebuild of X from a xfree snap shot? > > > > Also, I thought dri was 'part' of xFree 4.x. So would xFree 4.x > > drivers be different than DRI ones? > > DRI development used to happen in it's own tree. xfree86 and the DRI > are synced every now and then. DRI development has now moved into > mesa, but the DRM and GLX stuff is still in the DRI tree... your best > bet is probably to grab xfree86 cvs or a snapshot since pulling from > all these various trees can be somewhat complicated. > > > > > Finally, I have ton of XF86Config and X logs if anyone wants to take > > a look and help me trouble shoot. > > if you are still using an older version of xfree86 like 4.3.0 or some > variation on that try adding this option: > option "ForcePCIMode" "true" > > > Alex > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > -Fred > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Alex Deucher <agd5f@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: 2004/01/19 Mon PM 04:09:13 EST > > > To: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: ATI Radeon PCI 9200SE no DRI > > > > > > > > > --- Alex Deucher <agd5f@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Fred Welland <f.welland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I resurrected a workstation and just stuffed in a PCI Radeon > > 9200SE > > > > > card and I caught this thread: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/archives/xfree86-list/2003-November/msg00034.html > > > > > > > > > > I had hoped it would lead me to decent 3D on this workstation > > (and > > > > > maybe make 2d stuff a bit snappier??). > > > > > > > > > > After following the direction in the thread, all it did was > > hang my > > > > > Xserver -- I can still telnet to the box and tinker but > > > > 'restarting' > > > > > X gives just a blank screen an unresponsive keybard. Using the > > > > > radeon driver that came with RH 9 works ok (no DRI enabled > > tho). > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try the radeon driver from xfree86 or DRI cvs. > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > whoops, forgot the links: > > > xfree86 cvs: > > > http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/ > > > xfree86 snapshots: > > > http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/ > > > DRI cvs: > > > http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/Download > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > > > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > xfree86-list mailing list > > > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > > > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > xfree86-list mailing list > > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
