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Re: [SLE] glxriva.rpm and xfree86-3.3.5
  • From: grimmer@xxxxxxx (Lenz Grimmer)
  • Date: 1 Oct 1999 23:44:06 +0200
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9910012341340.19054-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hi,

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, rhm wrote:

> Do I still need to install the glxriva.rpm package if I've installed
> the Xfree86-3.3.5? Isn't the glx support now included in X?

Yes. But these are different things. X now support GLX extensions, but you
need to have the correct GLX module for your video card. Since the SVGA
server supports quite a lot of cards, this has been modularized. glxriva
is the special mesa module that supports the 3D hardware acceleration.

Bye,
LenZ


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