DRI issues

[dep]

begin  Bob Raymond's  quote:

| Trying to get DRI working for my Radeon 8500 (yes, I know the
| drivers are beta, but my current X version is 4.2.99.2 - got to
| love the default large, translucent, red cursor with a huge drop
| shadow).  But here's the problem:  The only kernel I've found that
| really likes my new motherboard is 2.5.44-ac2.  The DRI drivers
| apparently only like kernel 2.4.19 when I try to compile new DRM
| stuff from dri.sourceforge.net, ATI-Gatos, and XFree CVS. 

first -- that red cursor *is* cool -- so is the red i-beam. second, 
you might want to drop a note about this to alan. third -- are you 
getting the drivers as source? are there equivalent drivers in the 
kernel source? (i used to have to juggle these when trying to get dri 
to work with my matrox card two years or so ago. there was one point 
where the only way i could make it all work was to compile the dri 
stuff and g-400.o [i think that was its name] actually *into* the 
kernel. not as modules. ended up with the fastest gl rendering i've 
seen before or since. so you might want to do a little 
experimentation in this regard.)

second -- when you do get it working, reward yourself with the very 
latest version of xscreensaver; the gl stuff in them now will knock 
your socks off. an order of magnitude more elaborate than anything 
there before. i still think there's money in getting big plasma 
displays and putting embedded linux and xscreensavers in 'em and 
selling 'em as dynamic wall art.
-- 
dep

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