Subject: Re: ATI Rage 3D acceleration
From: Keary Suska (hierophant@pcisys.net)
Date: Fri Nov 16 2001 - 21:37:39 MST
In Xconfigurator, you specify "ati" but it will actually use "r128". I am
not sure why it is different but that's how it acts on my system.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: Patrick Callahan <pac1@tiac.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:28:58 -0500
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: ATI Rage 3D acceleration
>
> The driver entry right now is "r128" I thought this was the "rage 128"
> driver. Whatever, I've replaced it with 'ati'. So how do I tell the
> difference? Which is faster? Is there any benchmarking software for X? or
> is there some simple thing I can time to tell the difference objectively?
>
> -Pat
>
>
> On Friday 16 November 2001 08:54, you wrote:
>>> I don't seem to find "fbdev" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, only "UseFBDev" -
>>> of course....
>>>
>>> What exactly should be replaced here, and whatcase should it be?
>>> or am I looking in the wrong place?
>>>
>>> YDL 2.1
>>> from /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Card0"
>>> ### Available Driver options are:-
>>> #Option "SWcursor"
>>> Option "HWcursor"
>>> #Option "PciRetry"
>>> #Option "NoAccel"
>>> #Option "ShadowFB" "true"
>>> Option "UseFBDev"
>>> Driver "r128"
>>> BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
>>> EndSection
>>
>> I'm guessing you used Xautoconfig4 at some point and not
>> Xconfigurator to create your XF86Config-4 file. In your case, you
>> would change "driver" to ati. However, IIRC Xautoconfig4 probes your
>> card - if you have a Radeon card in the box, I don't think you want
>> the ati driver; you're already set up for acceleration.
>>
>>
>> Stefan Jeglinski
>
>
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