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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] can't build xfree86-devel
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:22:21 -0800

Quoting Christian Mertes <c_mertes AT t-online.de>:
> Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:
>
> > Did you compile DRM into the kernel?
>
> Nope.

If you want DRM in X, you'll have to enable the kernel modules as well.

> > Why don't you want DRI/DRM?
>
> I *do* want it, it just doesn't work for me, even when X
> compiles correctly. Few people seem to support 3dfx cards these
> days :(

xfree86 v4.4 now supports DRI for my ATI Rage128 M3 card (all prior X's did
not), so you may want to try that.

-sandalle

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