From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3BF388E5.B0979DFE@folkwang-hochschule.de> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:20:37 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Nettingsmeier MIME-Version: 1.0 To: paulus@samba.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: AGP : ATI128,powerpc References: <20011114230308.04E9D18077@haven.ozlabs.ibm.com> <15346.46026.126227.601357@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Paul Mackerras wrote: > > J?rn Nettingsmeier writes: > > > i've been using ben's tree for a powerbook for quite some time, and > > i used to see the same error, so i disabled agp and dri. > > > > has this been fixed lately ? > > i'm desperate for faster video. 2d performance under x is pathetic, > > and scrolling is a major pita. > > Getting reasonable 2D performance for things like scrolling doesn't > need DRI and/or AGP, you just need an X server that knows how to drive > the rage 128 chip. I'm using XFree86 4.1.0 (from debian unstable) on > my Ti powerbook and it works just fine. I can send you my > XF86Config-4 if you like (you would need to tweak it a little for a > pismo) or you could ask Ben Herrenschmidt for the config he uses on > his pismo. paul, ben, thanks a lot for your helpful replies. i'm using a framebuffer xserver, which is of course the reason for the sloppy scrolling. somehow i thought you had to use a framebuffer (which, some reading turned out, is only true for the console, not x). best, jörn -- Jörn Nettingsmeier home://Kurfürstenstr.49.45138.Essen.Germany phone://+49.201.491621 http://spunk.dnsalias.org http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/