I just installed Slackware 9.1 and need some help finding the best drivers
for my video card. When I do a cat /proc/pci I get this:

VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133 (rev
220)
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x34000000 [0xe4ffffff].
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000ffff].

In my XF86Config file I'm using: Driver "ati" but I notice that OpenGL
stuff runs very slowly. I don't currently have a way to check for actual fps
but I wrote a simple app. that has a box and chances the color of the box
and it runs pretty slow when in fullscreen. At 300x300 it runs ok though.


Here is the info from glxinfo:
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 1 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 24 dc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x28 24 dc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x29 24 dc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc 1 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None


I notice that anytime I run a gl program, I get the XFree86-DRI message. How
do I add it to my XF86Config file? Would that DRI thing help?

In news:b4da2ead.0310231726.66bc35c1@posting.google.c om,
Miguel De Anda <sodamnmad@hotmail.com> rambled:

> I just installed Slackware 9.1 and need some help finding the best
> drivers for my video card. When I do a cat /proc/pci I get this:
>
> VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro
> AGP-133 (rev 220)
> IRQ 10.
> Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x34000000 [0xe4ffffff].
> I/O at 0xd000 [0xd0ff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000ffff].
>
> In my XF86Config file I'm using: Driver "ati" but I notice that
> OpenGL stuff runs very slowly. I don't currently have a way to check
> for actual fps but I wrote a simple app. that has a box and chances
> the color of the box and it runs pretty slow when in fullscreen. At
> 300x300 it runs ok though.

glxgears will give a rough frame rate.

>
>
> Here is the info from glxinfo:
> name of display: :0.0
> Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

<snip>

You need to enable DRI
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/DRIuserguide.html

>
> I notice that anytime I run a gl program, I get the XFree86-DRI
> message. How do I add it to my XF86Config file?

It's in the manual.

>Would that DRI thing help?

Give it a try and see if it helps.

Billy

Miguel De Anda :
> I just installed Slackware 9.1 and need some help finding the best
> drivers for my video card. When I do a cat /proc/pci I get this:
> (...)
> I notice that anytime I run a gl program, I get the XFree86-DRI
> message. How do I add it to my XF86Config file? Would that DRI thing
> help?

First you *MUST* be sure you have a Mach64 video card. If you are
*REALLY* sure, proceed with the next instructions.

Dowload the lastest DRI binaries snapshot for Mach64 chip :

http://dri.sourceforge.net/snapshots...x.i386.tar.bz2

Download my script to build a mach64 package with DRI support on
Slackware for my Mach64 chip (mine is ATI Xpert@Play 98) :

http://linuce.free.fr/ati-build.sh

Run it as a non-root user is the same folder than the previous file :

$ sh ati-build.sh

Make the package and instal it :

$ su root
# cd mach64-20031024-i486-0-pkgroot
# chown root.root -R .
# makepkg mach64-20031024-i486-0.tgz
# installpkg mach64-20031024-i486-0.tgz

Add the following lines to your XF86Config ("Module" section) :

Load "glx"
Load "dri"

Restart XFree86 and run glxinfo. You should have the following line that
means you now have DRI support :

(...)
direct rendering: Yes
(...)

If something goes bad, just remove this package and reinstall XFree86
(as mach64 package overwrite some XFree86 files). Just look at
ati-build.sh script for more details.

Note that if you install a new kernel, you have to rebuild the package
since there is a drm module that depend on kernel version. Almost
everyday, there is a new Mach64 DRI snapshot available : to build a new
package, just set the version environment variable to the corresponding
date in ati-build.sh.

Last word : this is the easiest, quickest way to have DRI with a Mach64
chip. You can try the hard way (I didn't try it myself since it is far
more complicated and almost impossible to do everyday just to get a
Mach64 XFree86 module up to date) : see the official DRI web site.

--
LiNuCe