Rusty: How'd you get it to 'take advantage' of your TNT2? I just installed Xfree4.0, and I'm getting software-speed 3d performance... I know it's using the correct (NV) driver, I know it's initializing properly (went through the log file with a fine-toothed comb), I made the virtual link from libMesaGL.so.3 to libGL.so.1.2... Everything works, but it's just *INSANELY* slow... Also, on the (I think it's GLXinfo? something like that) screen, it shows GLX to be 'indirect'... I thought it was just using software mode, 'cause I don't have a Kernel Module (for DRI)... I'm not super-familiar with Linux, so I'm apparently doing something completely wrong... Any help?
-- --Richard D. Slaughter Richie @ R & W Trucking
Richie; This paragraph is from an old post of mine. I quoted the Utah GLX - Frequently Asked Questions. It explaines why Riva TNT does not support DMA & DRI @ this time. For you information; As quoted in the Utah GLX - FAQ, Myers Carpenter had this to say: "Here's where the problem lies: While nVidia "opened" up and came out with the X server and glx mod for their cards, they haven't "opened" up their specs. We can do stuff to the code they have given us sure, but the problem is we don't knee how to do stuff like do AGP/DMA i/o with the cards. They haven't told us how to talk to the cards and do this. They have released their "Resource Manager" (this what a nVidia programmer termed as in an email to the glx-dev list.) which is basically a layer of software that you can communicate to the cards and do stuff AGP/DMA i/o (or at least that is what I've gathered. Would I be wrong fin saying it's kind of like Glide for the Voodo cards but even more low-level?)...*BUT* ... (this is a really big but), not only have they released it as preprocessed (ie they mnade it nearly impossible to be of any real use to linux hackers without spending a lot of time reverse engineering it.) but also as a kernel moduee that I have yet to hear of a single person being able to compile/run (I've tried too)." To answer you question; I installed the Mesa GLX in series x3d, configured things according to /usr/doc/packages/mesa/CONFIG and took advantage of what I could get without being able to use DMA or DRI. Perhaps the folks @ Nvidia will get their act together and release some information to the XFree86 team that is useful. Rusty <STRONG>attached mail follows:</STRONG><HR>
Rusty: How'd you get it to 'take advantage' of your TNT2? I just installed Xfree4.0, and I'm getting software-speed 3d performance... I know it's using the correct (NV) driver, I know it's initializing properly (went through the log file with a fine-toothed comb), I made the virtual link from libMesaGL.so.3 to libGL.so.1.2... Everything works, but it's just *INSANELY* slow... Also, on the (I think it's GLXinfo? something like that) screen, it shows GLX to be 'indirect'... I thought it was just using software mode, 'cause I don't have a Kernel Module (for DRI)... I'm not super-familiar with Linux, so I'm apparently doing something completely wrong... Any help?
-- --Richard D. Slaughter Richie @ R & W Trucking
Richie; This paragraph is from an old post of mine. I quoted the Utah GLX - Frequently Asked Questions. It explaines why Riva TNT does not support DMA & DRI @ this time. For you information; As quoted in the Utah GLX - FAQ, Myers Carpenter had this to say: "Here's where the problem lies: While nVidia "opened" up and came out with the X server and glx mod for their cards, they haven't "opened" up their specs. We can do stuff to the code they have given us sure, but the problem is we don't knee how to do stuff like do AGP/DMA i/o with the cards. They haven't told us how to talk to the cards and do this. They have released their "Resource Manager" (this what a nVidia programmer termed as in an email to the glx-dev list.) which is basically a layer of software that you can communicate to the cards and do stuff AGP/DMA i/o (or at least that is what I've gathered. Would I be wrong fin saying it's kind of like Glide for the Voodo cards but even more low-level?)...*BUT* ... (this is a really big but), not only have they released it as preprocessed (ie they mnade it nearly impossible to be of any real use to linux hackers without spending a lot of time reverse engineering it.) but also as a kernel moduee that I have yet to hear of a single person being able to compile/run (I've tried too)." To answer you question; I installed the Mesa GLX in series x3d, configured things according to /usr/doc/packages/mesa/CONFIG and took advantage of what I could get without being able to use DMA or DRI. Perhaps the folks @ Nvidia will get their act together and release some information to the XFree86 team that is useful. Rusty -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/