Re: agpgart and direct rendering and such in xorg-x11

[Pau Aliagas <linuxnow newtral org>]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, RaXeT wrote:
> 
> >When will direct rendering be supported in xorg-x11? Or is it solely the 
> >responsibility of ATI or nVidia to promote their own drivers?
> 
> Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) is supported in xorg-x11 
> right now.  Xorg X11 includes the XFree86 4.4.0RC2 sources up to 
> the XFree86 license change, and also includes changes that have 
> occured in the XFree86 source tree since the license change that 
> are not affected by the license (ie: code under a non-XFree86 
> license).
> 
> If a card is supported by DRI in XFree86, then it is supported by 
> DRI in Xorg X11 also.

I have successfully run the xorg packages in a x86_64 laptop with an ATI
Radeon Mobility 9600 M10.

I had to install XFree86-4.4.0 but now it is not necessary anymore. Good 
work!

Pau