Re: [gentoo-user] 3d rendering with dri radeon

[Bo Andresen <bo.andresen@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 23 February 2006 21:19, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Bo Andresen wrote:
> > Well, I did try both x86 (20050502) and ~x86 (20051223).
> > [...]
> > Anyway neither gave me working hardware acceleration. :(
>
> Still the same error (drmOpenDevice: Open failed)?

Yes. No change.

> Earlier you wrote:
> > ~# cat /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
> > ...
> > intel-agp
> > ...
> > drm
>
> Add radeon in there, so that the module is loaded before X starts.
> When it still fails, post the agp/drm/radeon related messages from
> dmesg.

I don't have a kernel module called radeon. I guess that's the problem..

~# modprobe -l | grep 'agp\|drm\|rad'
/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/kernel/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/x11-drm/drm.ko

> When you're using udev, you could also try upgrading to the latest
> ~x86 version.  (Myself I simply use static device nodes.)

~# eix -e udev
* sys-fs/udev
     Available versions:  068-r1 ~069 070-r1 ~071 ~072 073 ~077 ~077-r1 
~077-r2 ~077-r3 ~077-r4 ~077-r5 ~078 079 079-r1 ~081 ~081-r1 ~084
     Installed:           079-r1

You are suggesting I move to version udev-084?

> >     Option      "AGPFastWrite" "True"
> >     Option      "EnablePageFlip" "True"
>
> Do switch these off.  It probably won't help, but when things don't
> work you have to try everything.  Also try setting AGPMode to 1 or
> 2.  And try compiling agpgart into the kernel.

I'll write back when I have tried these suggestions. 

> > [ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6  USE="bitmap-fonts
> > ipv6 nls opengl pam sse truetype-fonts type1-fonts xprint xv dfx
> > -3dnow -cjk -debug -dlloader -dmx -doc -font-server
> > -insecure-drivers -minimal -mmx -nocxx -sdk -static" 0 kB
>
> Here I have 3dnow and mmx active in the USE flags.

Well, this is a laptop with a Pentium M processor so I probably shouldn't turn 
3dnow on.

> Benno

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