2D, 3D & Acceleration

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x
Date: 20 Dec 2002 19:29:07 GMT

> > Can anyone point me to any good XFree86 benchmarking tools?

> $ /usr/X11R6/bin/glxgears

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 19:07:02 -0600

> I don't know how to set up video acceleration and would appreciate
> a direction to go. I have an msi6368 motherboard, which, according to
> the manual, includes a trident blade 2D/3D accelerator. Xfree86 4.2.1
> is on the system. According to the xfree86.org website, the trident
> blade 3D is supported with acceleration. But using tuxracer as a test,
> acceleration is not working. Furthermore, when I quit tuxracer, the
> video timing seems to be affected, and I see what appear to be four
> overlapping screens; I have to restart X. I've tried googling, using
> "trident blade" + xfree86 + 4.2.1 as keywords, but nothing comes up.
>
> From phrases I have encountered in the past, glx and dri seem to be
> important, but I don't know how. My XF86Config-4 file has both being
> loaded in the "Module" section, and a DRI section at the end. I tried
> adding the line 'Option "NoAccel" "false"' in the video card section,
> but it only confirmed the man page statement that this is the default.
> I tried setting "useFBDev" false, but that didn't change anything either.
> I ran glxinfo, but the results are obscure to me, beyond the statement
> that there is no direct rendering. In short, whatever I tried that might
> have some relevance to the video card, had no effect.
>
> I asssume that acceleration is possible with this unit, but maybe not.
> If so, and if anyone can point me to a reference on video acceleration
> and possibly what I have to do, I would be grateful. Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:26:29 -0600

> When I execute startx, I get the errors

>   (EE) RADEON(0): [agp] AGP not available
>   (EE) RADEON(0): [drm] failed to remove DRM signal handler

> X starts, but I get no acceleration from the video card (Radeon
> Mobility M6 LY).

> I've done everything I can think of to correct this problem.  The
> xserver-xfree86 version is 4.2.1-3.  The kernel is 2.4.18-686 (from
> Debian).  The distribution is Debian 3.0 (mostly Woody, with a few
> additions (like xserver-xfree86) from Sarge).  The relevant lines
> in my XF86Config-4 file are:

> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "ATI Radeon (Generic)"
>         Driver          "radeon"
>         VendorName      "ATI Radeon (Generic)"
>         BoardName       "ATI Radeon (Generic)"
>         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
>         VideoRam        16384
> EndSection

> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection

> My kernel's configuration file includes the lines

> CONFIG_AGP=m
> CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
> CONFIG_AGP_I810=y
> CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
> CONFIG_AGP_AMD=y
> CONFIG_AGP_SIS=y
> CONFIG_AGP_ALI=y
> CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS=y

> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
> CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m

> My /etc/modules.conf file includes the line

> alias char-major-10-175      agpgart

> and agpgart.o resides in the usual place,

> /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o

> For some reason, agpgart is not loaded automatically either at boot
> time nor when I run startx, but I get the same startx error even
> after I load agpgart manually with insmod.  At any rate, when I
> run lsmod (after calling startx) I see the lines:

> Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
> agpgart                29504   0  (unused)
> radeon                 86456   0