[gentoo-user] mesa-10.3.7-r1 S3TC option

[gentoo-user] mesa-10.3.7-r1 S3TC option

[Mick]

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After I updated mesa to 10.3.7-r1, I was provided with this message:

>>> Messages generated by process 2287 on 2015-02-19 20:32:50 GMT for package 
media-libs/mesa-10.3.7-r1:

LOG: postinst
Note that in order to have full S3TC support, it is necessary to install
media-libs/libtxc_dxtn as well. This may be necessary to get nice
textures in some apps, and some others even require this to run.


I couldn't see a USE flag, which is what I was expecting for enabling S3TC 
support and pulling in media-libs/libtxc_dxtn as a dependency.  So I emerged 
media-libs/libtxc_dxtn manually.  Is this how it is meant to be, or is there a 
USE flag missing from mesa?

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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] mesa-10.3.7-r1 S3TC option

[wireless]

On 02/20/2015 07:10 PM, Mick wrote:


Mick <michaelkintzios <at> gmail.com> writes:
 > media-libs/mesa-10.3.7-r1:

I have this installed too; with this video card : radeon
  VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710
[Radeon HD 4350/4550]

I mostly followed this guide, without any xorg customizations:
http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon


 > media-libs/libtxc_dxtn as well. This may be necessary to get nice

I do not have this message anywhere in the logs.
There is no dxtn or s3tc flag [1].

I have just discovered that elogviewer is not working currently;
I have used it extensively in the past. I reinstalled it
and the /var/log/portage/elog dir is setup correctly but empty.
Strange; I'm not certain when my elogs quit working......
I'm not certain what is going on, as python is set to 3.4; running
python updater now.... qutie a bit of breakage....



 > So I emerged  media-libs/libtxc_dxtn manually.

Yes, I am going to give this a whirl too. It's been a long time
since I've looked into updating a radeon configuration.
What card are you using?

I have these flags set for mesa and maybe they are in need of
updating?  media-libs/mesa-10.3.7-r1
USE="bindist classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nptl udev"

Any additional flags I could/should set for mesa and a radeon card?
Any other helper packages?


[1] http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml#doc_chap1

Re: [gentoo-user] mesa-10.3.7-r1 S3TC option

[Mick]

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On Monday 23 Feb 2015 18:27:12 wireless@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> On 02/20/2015 07:10 PM, Mick wrote:
> 
> Mick <michaelkintzios <at> gmail.com> writes:
>  > media-libs/mesa-10.3.7-r1:
> I have this installed too; with this video card : radeon
>   VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710
> [Radeon HD 4350/4550]
> 
> I mostly followed this guide, without any xorg customizations:
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon
> 
>  > media-libs/libtxc_dxtn as well. This may be necessary to get nice
> 
> I do not have this message anywhere in the logs.
> There is no dxtn or s3tc flag [1].
> 
> I have just discovered that elogviewer is not working currently;
> I have used it extensively in the past. I reinstalled it
> and the /var/log/portage/elog dir is setup correctly but empty.
> Strange; I'm not certain when my elogs quit working......
> I'm not certain what is going on, as python is set to 3.4; running
> python updater now.... qutie a bit of breakage....
> 
>  > So I emerged  media-libs/libtxc_dxtn manually.
> 
> Yes, I am going to give this a whirl too. It's been a long time
> since I've looked into updating a radeon configuration.
> What card are you using?

           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: RV730/M96-XT [Mobility Radeon HD 4670]
                vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master 
cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
                resources: irq:29 memory:d0000000-dfffffff 
ioport:2000(size=256) memory:cfef0000-cfefffff memory:cfe00000-cfe1ffff


HOWEVER, I seem to recall the message in question showing up for a Kaveri APU, 
the A10-7850K, rather than the above card!


> I have these flags set for mesa and maybe they are in need of
> updating?  media-libs/mesa-10.3.7-r1
> USE="bindist classic dri3 egl gallium gbm llvm nptl udev"

     Installed versions:  10.3.7-r1(20:18:24 02/19/15)(classic dri3 egl 
gallium gbm gles2 llvm nptl udev vdpau xvmc -bindist -debug -gles1 -opencl -
openmax -openvg -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic -r600-llvm-compiler -selinux -wayland 
-xa ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 
-32 -x32" KERNEL="linux -FreeBSD" VIDEO_CARDS="r600 radeon -freedreno -i915 -
i965 -ilo -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -radeonsi -vmware")


> Any additional flags I could/should set for mesa and a radeon card?
> Any other helper packages?
> 
> 
> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml#doc_chap1


I have these flags for x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.4:

     Installed versions:  1.16.4(10:37:19 02/20/15)(glamor ipv6 nptl suid udev 
xorg -dmx -doc -kdrive -minimal -selinux -static-libs -systemd -tslib -unwind 
-wayland -xnest -xvfb)

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Regards,
Mick

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