On Wed, 15 May 2002 22:22, Geir Skaugen wrote: Geir, Thanks for the tip. I installed xf86_glx and that doesn't seem to be enough. It looks like I will need to also to, compile and install the DRM kernel modules for 2.4.18-4GB for SuSE 8.0, as per the README for SuSE 7.2/7.3. Maybe these instructions will work for 8.0, but has anyone tested this? 3) DRI (3D accelerated OpenGL support) -------------------------------------- To be able to use DRI you must compile some kernel modules. Your kernel source package lx_suse (SuSE 7.1) respectively package kernel-source (SuSE 7.2/7.3) must be installed and configured for this. Please notice that DRI for XFree86 4.2.0 requires Kernel 2.4. The configuration can be done with the commands: a) SuSE 7.1: # cp /boot/vmlinuz_24.config /usr/src/linux/.config # cp /boot/vmlinuz_24.version.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h # cd /usr/src/linux; make cloneconfig; make dep b) SuSE 7.2/7.3: # cp /boot/vmlinuz.config /usr/src/linux/.config # cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h # cd /usr/src/linux; make cloneconfig; make dep Then you'll have to compile the DRM kernel modules. The sources can be found in * suse71/DRI (SuSE Linux 7.1) * suse72/DRI (SuSE Linux 7.2) * suse73/DRI (SuSE Linux 7.3) Install the sources with # rpm -Uhv km_drm-*.i386.rpm Compile and install the kernel modules with # cd /usr/src/kernel-modules/drm # make -f Makefile.module # rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/video/{gamma.o,i810.o,mga.o,r128.o,tdfx.o} # mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm # install -m 644 -o root -g root gamma.o i810.o i830.o mga.o r128.o radeon.o tdfx.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm # depmod -a Then you'll have to add some lines to your '/etc/modules.conf'. ### pre-install mga modprobe "-k" "agpgart" pre-install r128 modprobe "-k" "agpgart" pre-install radeon modprobe "-k" "agpgart" options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1 ### [...] Since I just shelled out money for a packaged distribution, I thought I was entitled to expect the relevant SuSE 8.0 versions of all the packages and documentation to be at least ready and available on the FTP site, if not on the installation media. Well, at least the km_drm package was on the 8.0 CD, but xf86_glx and the relevant instructions for 8.0 DRI were not. The 8.0 manuals explain how to compile a kernel, but do not mention km_drm or update the 7.2/7.3 instructions above. Maybe someone at SuSE just forgot that people with SuSE 7.2/7.3 and DRI would want to upgrade and keep DRI. Or maybe there were no 8.0 beta testers who upgraded from 7.2 or 7.3 with XFree86 4.1 or 4.2 and who cared about DRI. Thanks
You can use the package found under SuSE 7.3.
Geir Skaugen