On Monday 3 June 2002 5:43 pm, luke biddell wrote: > Hi Nick > > Here's the address for Thomas' site > http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml Thanks > > I had a look for a site for Alan but didn't find > anything apart from mailing list archives. > > Do you have any ideas regarding my problem???? Only that I think dri uses glx (evidenced by unresolved symbols) and that lack of glxModuleData data object seems to be the cause. Don't know how to solve as my setup loads glx without error. NB file:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.DRI (might be elsewhere) doesn't mention SiS 630, so maybe you can't get direct rendering. You do have (lots) XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) though. > > Cheers > Luke > > <n.smith@insight.telinco.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > > Thanks for mentioning Thomas Winischhofer's site in > > your reply. Do you have an address? > > > > Does Alan Hourihane also have a site? > > > > Nick > > > > On Friday 31 May 2002 10:12 pm, luke biddell wrote: > > > I have been unable to get acceleration working for > > > > my > > > > > sis630 card using the sis driver, I wonder if any > > > > of > > > > > you can help. > > > > > > I have a suse8 install and have read on various > > > > web > > > > > sites that when you install it, it will configure > > > > X > > > > > for 3d. I upgraded my higrade A1300 laptop from > > > > suse > > > > > 7.3 and it only enabled stock frame buffer > > > > support. > > > > > The man page for sis says that acceleration is > > > supported. > > > > > > I've had a look a Thomas Winischhofer's site for > > > > the > > > > > sis card and i have all the required > > > > components(sis, > > > > > sisfb, sis_dri, sis_drv) although they are not the > > > latest versions. I load the glx and dri modules in > > > XF86Config as instructed. > > > > > > I don't think I have the correct glx modules as if > > > > I > > > > > look at the XFree log I see this > > > > > > (II) LoadModule: "glx" > > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/glx.so > > > (EE) LoadModule: Module glx does not have a > > > glxModuleData data object. > > > (II) UnloadModule: "glx" > > > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/glx.so > > > (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (invalid module, > > > > 0) > > > > > and subsequently when dri tries to load I get this > > > > > > (II) SIS(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration > > > > Architecture > > > > > (XAA) > > > Screen to screen bit blits > > > Solid filled rectangles > > > 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles > > > Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion > > > Solid Lines > > > Dashed Lines > > > Offscreen Pixmaps > > > Setting up tile and stipple cache: > > > 32 128x128 slots > > > 32 256x256 slots > > > 16 512x512 slots > > > (==) SIS(0): Backing store disabled > > > (==) SIS(0): Silken mouse enabled > > > (II) SIS(0): Using SiS630 HW Xv > > > (II) SIS(0): direct rendering disabled > > > (WW) SIS(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used > > > Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is > > > unresolved! > > > Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is > > > unresolved! > > > > > > > > > Has anyone any experience of this or know anything > > > that might help > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > --- Nicholas Baxter-Jones > > > <n.smith@insight.telinco.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > > > > > > Just wanted to share my experiences of upgrading > > > > to > > > > > > 4.2.0. > > > > > > > > I installed SuSe Linux 7.2 (X 4.0.3) and > > > > upgraded it > > > > > > to 4.1.0 a few months ago. This was fairly > > > > traumatic as I was new to Linux and (I think) I > > > > compiled from source. Nevertheless, it resulted > > > > in > > > > > > a stable platform that (with KDE 3.0) is fast > > > > and > > > > > > responsive. I was particulally impressed that > > > > my > > > > > > monitor can now display 1024×768 (after a lot of > > > > tweaking), whereas Windows can only manage > > > > 800×600. > > > > > > I have now installed Mandrake 8.2 (X 4.2.0) and > > > > I > > > > > > can boot into either distribution, with the same > > > > kernel (or their pre-compiled kernels). > > > > > > > > I was a little dissappointed to find the screen > > > > was > > > > > > noticably _less_ responsive with X 4.2.0 -- more > > > > tweaking. In the 'readme's I found that the sis > > > > driver had been improved, and XAA had been > > > > completely reimplemented; and the logs showed > > > > another difference. > > > > > > > > (II) SIS(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration > > > > Architecture > > > > > > (XAA) > > > > Screen to screen bit blits > > > > Solid filled rectangles > > > > --- 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles > > > > --- Solid Lines > > > > +++ Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines > > > > Setting up tile and stipple cache: > > > > --- 32 128x128 slots > > > > +++ 16 128x128 slots > > > > --- 10 256x256 slots > > > > +++ 4 256x256 slots > > > > > > > > I assume this is due to a limitation of memory > > > > space, but I don't have any extra modules (that > > > > I'm > > > > > > aware of) taking up VRAM. Are there extra > > > > features > > > > > > implemented that need their own slice of VRAM? > > > > Can > > > > > > these be disabled? Would I get extra > > > > slots/rectangles in return? > > > > > > > > If the problem is memory constraints, is there > > > > any > > > > > > way to use the other half of the 8MB on my card, > > > > that is lieing idle, or a MB or 2 of system > > > > memory? > > > > > > (it is AGP).
