Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261564AbVA2VFW (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:05:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261565AbVA2VFV (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:05:21 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:58306 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261564AbVA2VFP (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:05:15 -0500 Subject: DRI (was Re: OpenOffice crashes due to incorrect access permissions on /dev/dri/card*) From: Lee Revell To: Parag Warudkar Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , Jon Smirl , ee21rh@surrey.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <41FBF8A0.6000708@comcast.net> References: <9e473391050129112525f4947@mail.gmail.com> <1107030966.24676.28.camel@krustophenia.net> <20050129204036.GA1750@gallifrey> <41FBF8A0.6000708@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:05:14 -0500 Message-Id: <1107032714.24676.48.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1058 Lines: 35 On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 15:57 -0500, Parag Warudkar wrote: > Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > >* Lee Revell (rlrevell@joe-job.com) wrote: > > > > > >>Stupid question: what the heck does OO use DRI for? I googled and came > >>up empty. > >> > >> > > > >It does pointless 3D objects in its drawing package. > > > > > Another stupid question :) > Does it mean DRI is only used for doing 3D? How about normal, 2D stuff? > I thought X uses DRI for both 2D and 3D if it is available... > No, XAA is normally used for 2D acceleration. This is hardware accelerated but doesn't use DRI, X does 2D accel by talking directly to the hardware without the kernel's involvement. This is an area where the proprietary guys are a little ahead but there are some interesting developments like the Xgl server. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/