Re: radeon r300

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 3:47=E2=80=AFPM Michael <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:59:35 -0700
> Kevin Bowling <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > With the modesetting default of AccelMethod "glamor", X will not start =
with:
> > glamor requires at least 128 instructions (64 reported)
> >
> > So it seems the older EXA radeon might be preferable, but something is
> > going wrong in the kernel.  Has anyone looked into this drm stuff
> > recently?
>
> Do you actually care about DRM? If all you want is 2D accelerated X
> with xrender and a fast console you may be better off with radeonfb and
> the old, pre-KMS radeon driver. This is the default on macppc and
> sparc64 but hasn't been tested much on anything else.
> Will need
> options         RADEONFB_BIOS_INIT
> if your card's connectors aren't the usual VGA and DVI.

Hi Michael,

I am just experimenting with a sentimental laptop and seeing what it
can do.  The device under test is a ThinkPad T42p.  I have a sister
system, an X40, with fairly less specs (low voltage Dothan CPU, Intel
Extreme graphics while the T42p is the maximum config of that era)
running XP and it can plausibly browse the web using a vintage Firefox
derivative like Mypal browser.  I am trying to see if I can get the
firefox52 in pkgsrc to work at similar or better speed.  I think it
needs full hw accel or opengl to have a chance to perform.

> have fun
> Michael