* Jonathan Drews (j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net) [010728 22:05]: ->Hi: -> -> I have updated XFree86 to 4.1.0 and installed the kernel patches for DRI, ->following the instructions in the README, in an attempt to get my ATI Radeon ->card to use hardware 3D. SaX2 does indeed recognize it as a 3D card and ->configures it for 3D. However when I run 3Ddiag, I still get: -> ->============================== ->No 3D capable graphic chipset found! ->============================== -> -> If I invoke /usr/X11R6/bin/switch2xf86_glx I get about 800 fps, running ->gears. Without this command, I would only get about 140 fps. My question: Is ->there any way to identify the chipset so that SaX2 can use it. ->lspci gives: ->01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5144 If it works when you invoke the switch to script..then put it in your .xinitrc like so.... example: sudo switch2nv_glx You should modify your sudoers file so you do not have to give a password to execute sudo and this should work fine. I have to do it for my nVidia stuff..for some reason when I would quit X ..it would revert..who knows why. In the sudoers file make it look like this. # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL ben ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL msk ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL If it looks like the above references next to ben and msk..then it will work fine. It's in /etc. Cheers! -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom" --General Patton