Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750980AbVJJRII (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:08:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750984AbVJJRII (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:08:08 -0400 Received: from mtl.rackplans.net ([65.39.167.249]:52438 "HELO innerfire.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750980AbVJJRIH (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:08:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:08:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerhard Mack To: Martin Drab cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1438 Lines: 44 On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:56:11 +0200 (CEST) > From: Martin Drab > To: Gerhard Mack > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ? > > On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote: > > > > > Have you seen this > > > > > > http://r300.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > However, I'm not sure how much useable it is allready. Perhaps not much. > > > Otherwise you would probably either have to stick with the ATI's binary > > > drivers or open source unaccelerated drivers. I'm not aware of anything > > > else being available for recent ATI chips. > > > > Although those drivers support the card, they do not compile on recent > > kernels. I managed to hack it to compile and then ended up with X being > > unable to access the /dev/dri/card* devices. > > Then check the permissions. > > Martin Strangely enough the directory is empty.. if I use mknod to create the files they get removed as soon as X loads. -- Gerhard Mack gmack@innerfire.net <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. - 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/