Re: Help for ATI RAGE MOBILITY P Kernel-driver and 3D setting.

On 10/3/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a lap-top CQ ARMADA e500 1000Khz with ATI RAGE MOILITY P/M AGP 2X.
> I would like tu use a 3d featurex, compiz, xgl ecc with my mandriva linux
> cooker 2006.0
>
>
> I think I have a problem with DRI. I think it is non possible to
> load DRI because my graphic interface ATI RAGE MOBILITY P/M AGP 2x has a
> little video-memory (only 8mb), so may be, I can't use 3D features.
>
> Hereafter I paste an abstract of my /var/log/Xorg0.log
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x rev 100,
> Mem @ 0 x40000000/24, 0x41000000/12, I/O @ 0x2000/8
>
> .......
>
> (--) ATI(0): ATI 3D Rage Mobility graphics controller detected.
> (--) ATI(0): Chip type 4C4D "LM", version 4, foundry TSMC, class 0,
> revision 0x0
> 1.
> (--) ATI(0): AGP bus interface detected;  block I/O base is 0x2000.
> (--) ATI(0): ATI Mach64 adapter detected.
> (!!) ATI(0): For information on using the multimedia capabilities
>         of this adapter, please see http://gatos.sf.net.
> (--) ATI(0): Internal RAMDAC (subtype 1) detected.
> (==) ATI(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) ATI(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) ATI(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (II) ATI(0): Using Mach64 accelerator CRTC.
> (--) ATI(0): 1400x1050 panel (ID 8) detected.
> (--) ATI(0): Panel model Hitachi TX38D95VC1CAA.
> (--) ATI(0): Panel clock is 107.859 MHz.
> (II) ATI(0): Using digital flat panel interface.
> (II) ATI(0): Storing hardware cursor image at 0x407FFC00.
> (II) ATI(0): Using 8 MB linear aperture at 0x40000000.
> (!!) ATI(0): Virtual resolutions will be limited to 8191 kB
>  due to linear aperture size and/or placement of hardware cursor image
> area.
> (II) ATI(0): Using Block 0 MMIO aperture at 0x41000400.
> (II) ATI(0): Using Block 1 MMIO aperture at 0x41000000.
> (==) ATI(0): Write-combining range (0x40000000,0x800000)
> (II) ATI(0): MMIO write caching enabled.
>
> ........
>
> (==) ATI(0): Write-combining range (0x40000000,0x800000)
>
> (WW) ATI(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 14437 kB
> video  memory *************************************
>
> (II) ATI(0): EXA memory management initialized
>          base     :  0xb7276000
>          offscreen: +    5a3c00
>          size     : +    7ffc00
>          cursor   :  0xb7a75c00
> (II) ATI(0): Will use 2416 kB of offscreen memory for EXA
>                  or  0.42 viewports (composite)
>                  or  1.79 dvdframes (xvideo)
> (II) ATI(0): Render acceleration disabled
> (==) ATI(0): Backing store disabled
> (==) ATI(0): Silken mouse enabled
> (**) Option "dpms"
> (**) ATI(0): DPMS enabled
> (WW) ATI(0): Option "MonitorLayout" is not used
> (WW) ATI(0): Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" is not used
> (II) ATI(0): Direct rendering disabled
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> What do you think about this? Can I have a chance tu use 3D features
> with my hardware? May be possible to use DRI with 8Mb of video.ram?
> Can I hope to recompile a DRI driver to do it?

You don't have enough vram for 3D, try reducing your color depth to 16 bpp.

Alex

>
> In DRI web site I have downloaded
> http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/mach64-20060403-linu..> 03-Apr-2006
> 08:24
>
> I think I have a way to try to compile a DRI kernel module with this
> snapshot, but I need some help info in order to do it.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards
>
> George
>
> Using free-licensed opensource software: GNU/Linux
> powered by Mandriva Linux release 2007.0 (Cooker)
> kernel 2.6.17-5mdv on i686
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