Subject: Re: ATI Rage 3D acceleration
From: Keary Suska (hierophant@pcisys.net)
Date: Fri Nov 16 2001 - 21:36:06 MST
Sounds easy enough but doesn't work for me at least (ATI Rage Pro/Apple
Studio Display 17). Might it have something to do with the Apple Display
Connector? You don't say that you don't support it on Rage Pro cards.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:07:06 -0700
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: ATI Rage 3D acceleration
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> By default we install the "fbdev" XFree86 driver.
> This is more reliable for most hardware, but has slower
> performance. I'd rather have people in X after install
> first rather then worrying about getting the most optimized
> setup right after the install (granted that is ideal).
>
> So, to change to use the ATI specific driver, which should have improvements,
> backup your existing XFree86 Config file:
>
> 1) cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.fbdev
>
> then run:
>
> 2) Xconfigurator --noprobe
>
> this will tell Xconfigurator not to use fbdev (which is what it will
> automatically setup for you) and will instead present a list of available
> drivers. Select the ATI driver and continue with the rest of Xconfigurator.
>
> That's all there is to it!
>
> -Dan
>
>> Is the ati rage 3D acceleration supported (Mach 64) in linux? How do I set
>> it up? I'm running YDL 2.1 on a beige G3. Are there any websites that have
>> info on this?
>>
>> Thanks
>
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