[gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[scwang]

I can't enable glx on my video card, the following is 
output of lspci in my system:

	01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage
	Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

My kerenl is linux-2.6.15-suspend2-r6.

Any hints about it?

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[Ryan Tandy]

scwang@ios.ac.cn wrote:
> I can't enable glx on my video card, the following is 
> output of lspci in my system:
>
> 	01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage
> 	Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
>
> My kerenl is linux-2.6.15-suspend2-r6.
>
> Any hints about it?
>
> Best Regards!
>
>   
I had that card in my old Compaq laptop. You'll need an experimental
driver from http://dri.sourceforge.net.

HTH.
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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[scwang]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 06:19:40PM -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> scwang@ios.ac.cn wrote:
> > I can't enable glx on my video card, the following is 
> > output of lspci in my system:
> >
> > 	01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage
> > 	Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
> >
> > My kerenl is linux-2.6.15-suspend2-r6.
> >
> > Any hints about it?
> >
> > Best Regards!
> >
> >   
> I had that card in my old Compaq laptop. You'll need an experimental
> driver from http://dri.sourceforge.net.
> 
> HTH.
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What driver?

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[Ryan Tandy]

scwang@ios.ac.cn wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 06:19:40PM -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
>   
>> scwang@ios.ac.cn wrote:
>>     
>>> I can't enable glx on my video card, the following is 
>>> output of lspci in my system:
>>>
>>> 	01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage
>>> 	Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
>>>
>>> My kerenl is linux-2.6.15-suspend2-r6.
>>>
>>> Any hints about it?
>>>
>>> Best Regards!
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I had that card in my old Compaq laptop. You'll need an experimental
>> driver from http://dri.sourceforge.net.
>>
>> HTH.
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>>     
>
> What driver?
>
>   
The latest mach64 driver from http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/ as
well as the 'common' package which includes a script to build and
install the module for you. The driver requires DRM support in your kernel.
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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[scwang]

I enabled the glx, but it seems the speed is still slow.

$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes

The output of glxgears is about 130 FPS.
I use intel_agp.

$ lsmod 
mach64                 54144  1 
drm                    75672  2 mach64
intel_agp              23324  1 
agpgart                35016  2 drm,intel_agp

$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09)
00:06.1 Serial controller: Xircom Unknown device 00d3
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:0c.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): NEC Corporation IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

Did I do it right?


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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[Daniel da Veiga]

On 3/9/06, scwang@ios.ac.cn <scwang@ios.ac.cn> wrote:
> I enabled the glx, but it seems the speed is still slow.
>
> $ glxinfo | grep rendering
> direct rendering: Yes
>
> The output of glxgears is about 130 FPS.
> I use intel_agp.
>
> $ lsmod
> mach64                 54144  1
> drm                    75672  2 mach64
> intel_agp              23324  1
> agpgart                35016  2 drm,intel_agp
>
> $ lspci
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
> 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09)
> 00:06.1 Serial controller: Xircom Unknown device 00d3
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
> 00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
> 00:0c.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
> 00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): NEC Corporation IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
>
> Did I do it right?
>

You won't get much from this card, the drivers are there but do not
give a good result, my radeon gives me 300fps and its a 4x AGP, so I
guess yours is kinda correct, there are tips over the net to get more
FPS, even a gentoo specific:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml

Check it out...

>
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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[Bo Andresen]

On Friday 10 March 2006 03:16, scwang@ios.ac.cn wrote:
> I enabled the glx, but it seems the speed is still slow.
>
> $ glxinfo | grep rendering
> direct rendering: Yes
>
> The output of glxgears is about 130 FPS.
> I use intel_agp.

As I have stated before I get around 230 FPS when f@h is running and it jumps 
to around 1300 FPS when I stop f@h. Nothing else changed. This is an Radeon 
9000 Mobility. Make sure you have nothing else running and see if that makes 
a difference.

~ $ glxgears
1001 frames in 5.0 seconds = 200.200 FPS
1136 frames in 5.0 seconds = 227.200 FPS
1186 frames in 5.0 seconds = 237.200 FPS
1149 frames in 5.0 seconds = 229.800 FPS
1185 frames in 5.0 seconds = 237.000 FPS

~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/foldingathome stop
 * Stopping Folding@Home on CPU 1 ...                                                                                                                                            
[ ok ]
~ $ glxgears
6299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1259.800 FPS
6744 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1348.800 FPS
6941 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1388.200 FPS
6897 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1379.400 FPS
6801 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1360.200 FPS

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[Ryan Tandy]

scwang@ios.ac.cn wrote:
> I enabled the glx, but it seems the speed is still slow.
>
> $ glxinfo | grep rendering
> direct rendering: Yes
>
> The output of glxgears is about 130 FPS.
> I use intel_agp.
>
>   
Yes, it's not a particularly powerful card. Since direct rendering is
now enabled, that's about as good as it'll get until such time as the
drivers improve significantly.
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Re: [gentoo-user] how to enable glx

[Ryan Tandy]

> As I have stated before I get around 230 FPS when f@h is running and it jumps 
> to around 1300 FPS when I stop f@h. Nothing else changed. This is an Radeon 
> 9000 Mobility. Make sure you have nothing else running and see if that makes 
> a difference.
>   
The Rage card he's using is far less powerful than any Radeon - not
surprisingly, considering that when it was current there *were* no
Radeons yet.
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