Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 00:17:10 +0300 (EEST) From: Vladimir Kushnir <vkushnir@alfacom.net> To: Mike Erickson <mee@quidquam.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DRI + Linux programs + G550 - howto? Message-ID: <20020524001213.X5221-100000@kushnir1.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <20020523082259.GA34546@quidquam.com>
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On Thu, 23 May 2002, Mike Erickson wrote: > * Bjarne Wichmann Petersen (freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk) wrote: > > On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:11, Vladimir Kushnir wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Has anybody had any success with HW acceleration for Linux programs with > > > Matrox G550? I've installed linux_dri port but any Linux program segfaults > > > immediately :-( If DRI is not enabled - they run but (obviously) slow. > > > System: FreeBSD-current from just before gcc3.1 was committed, > > > XFree86-4.2.0 from ports. > > > > Linux DRI is only at XFree86 4.1. Guess that's the problem. > > IIRC, Matrox requires you to compile in the mga_hal module into XFree86. > Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log for a message like this: > > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) > > There is documentation on how to do this on the Matrox driver CD. > No, with mga_hal everything's all right: (II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module used Besides, native binaries run as they are suppozed to (although a little bit slower than under Linux :-(). The problem is with Linux binaries. I'll try 'em with XFree86-4.2.0 Regards, Vladimir -- Vladimir Kushnir - vkushnir@Alfacom.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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