Re: How are different ATI drivers related ?

Owen Savill <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.expert
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True ! "M$ has detected that you are trying to use DRM stuff. Just 
because you couldn't get us with the law for doing illegal stuff don't 
think we can't get you for doing perfectly legal stuff". Sounds about 
right I feel !

But seriously, all I had to do was add a "DRI" section and a mode of 
0666 (there I am back to M$ again !) to XF86Config-4 and it was all 
sorted. The power of the written word triumphs again !!!

Owen

John Tapsell wrote:
>  
> On Tuesday 26 November 2002 2:48 pm, Owen Savill wrote:
> 
>>It works :-)
>>
>>However, only if I login as a user, launch X, lauch a console and do an
>>'su' !!!
>>
>>Attempts to do any 3D stuff without doing this (even root) is met with :
>>libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted
>>libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering
> 
> 
> 
> Yikes - you can get arrested for trying to bypass the DRM.  Destroy your 
> machine now, and all evidence.
> 
> JohnFlux
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