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Subject:    [SLE] 3D & direct rendering [SOLVED]
From:       BandiPat <penguin0601 () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2003-07-31 19:59:19
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ATI graphics users,

I seem to have lost "direct rendering" capabilities from my Radeon 7200 
card.  Checked all the usual things, modules are there, using Mantel's 
2.4.21-4 athlon kernel, no recent changes to graphics setup or files.  
I have ran sax2 to make sure that went well and it did.  Everything is 
activated that should be running.  The /etc/sysconfig/3Ddiag has 
switch2xf86_glx running.

Running glxinfo shows no direct rendering and gears are slow and Tux 
Racer is slow.  The 7200 is about the same as the 7000 card, so it 
doesn't fit into the "need an ATI binary driver" to get the 3d working.  
In fact, I believe the standard XFree86 4.3 supports 3d for the Radeons 
up to the 9200, but beyond that you need the binary drivers.

Any thoughts anyone?  Has someone run across this lately as well?

Pat
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Ok, sports fans, for those following this thread, I have found the 
problem and now have 3D and direct rendering working again!  Seems the 
problem was Mantel's kernel build (2.4.21-4).  It apparently does not 
have the ATI modules needed to do 3D or work with the present XFree86 
4.3.

Going back to SuSE's last 2.4.20-86 kernel release fixed the bug and 
brought back the 3D.  Thanks for everyone that put a thought into the 
problem and hope this helps others.

Pat
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