Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750971AbWC0Uxt (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:53:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751106AbWC0Uxt (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:53:49 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.152]:49868 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750971AbWC0Uxs (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:53:48 -0500 Subject: AGP graphics card in "PCI mode"? From: Florin Andrei Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:53:43 -0800 Message-Id: <1143492823.2289.10.camel@rivendell.home.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 (2.6.0-1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1745 Lines: 45 Using: - motherboard ECS L7S7A2 http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloads/ProductsDetail_Download.aspx?categoryid=1&typeid=4&detailid=267&DetailName=Driver&DetailDesc=L7S7A2(1.1A)&MenuID=45&LanID=0 http://www.mainboard.cz/mb/ecs/L7S7A2.htm - AGP graphics card GeForce FX 5200 Ultra - Linux Fedora Core 5 - kernel 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 I installed Second Life ( http://secondlife.com/ ) on this system, both the Windows and the Linux versions. Both versions claimed that my video card is either PCI or "AGP running in PCI mode" and, if the latter was true, I needed to install some drivers. On Windows, I installed the AGP driver from here: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloads/ProductsDetail_Download.aspx?categoryid=1&typeid=4&detailid=267&DetailName=Driver&DetailDesc=L7S7A2(1.1A)&MenuID=45&LanID=0 After that, Second Life did not complain about the graphics card anymore. However, after installing that driver on Windows, the speed of all 3D applications (mostly games) on my Windows partition increased tremendously. All 3D games now have a much higher FPS and everything moves smoothly. Is there anything I can do on Linux to get this speed increase? Is there any driver under Linux that's similar to the one I installed on Windows? I thought that all AGP buses are supported on Linux by default. And what is the deal with an AGP card running in "PCI mode" anyway? What does "PCI mode" mean in this case? I thought an AGP card is an AGP card. :-) -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ - 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/