Thanks a lot for your quick answer. As I don't know a lot about CVS, I am on my way to buy a video card ... and test the Nvidia drivers ;-) Philippe On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 21:47, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On 7 Nov 2002, PHD wrote: > > >Is there a simple way to activate the Render extension for the Intel MB > >with chipset I845. Some articles on the net go until recompiling the > >kernel, thing that makes me afraid on a production server. > > The render extension has nothing at all whatsoever to do with the > kernel. It is an X server extension that is built into the X > server by default and can not be disabled. So if you're running > XFree86, then your X server has RENDER built in. > > Unfortunately, Intel i845 video is not supported in XFree86 > 4.2.0, and won't be officially supported until 4.3.0 is released. > > >Moreover, adding a video card does not cost a lot...just to know > >if this is worth patching the system...or spending some money. > > You'd need to use a supported video card. You can test the CVS > XFree86 RPM's that I've got on people.redhat.com however if you > want to beta test the i845 driver support. > > > -- > Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris > OS Systems Engineer > XFree86 maintainer > Red Hat Inc. > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
