From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 01:35:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DFD16A4BF for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:35:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anholt.dyndns.org (12-224-153-43.client.attbi.com [12.224.153.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5280143FA3 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:35:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from anholt.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by anholt.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7Q8YE4R005066; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:34:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: (from anholt@localhost) by anholt.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7Q8YAxs005065; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:34:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: anholt.dyndns.org: anholt set sender to eta@lclark.edu using -f From: Eric Anholt To: Igor Pokrovsky In-Reply-To: <20030826082642.GB396@exmatis1.cnrm.meteo.fr> References: <20030824043218.00df0796.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> <20030825090247.GB538@exmatis1.cnrm.meteo.fr> <20030825151128.6a2fe1d7.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> <20030825152939.GA28560@exmatis1.cnrm.meteo.fr> <1061831627.640.1.camel@leguin> <20030826082642.GB396@exmatis1.cnrm.meteo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061886849.1183.25.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:34:10 -0700 cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GL problems with X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:35:01 -0000 On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 01:26, Igor Pokrovsky wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:13:47AM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote: > > > Check if bus mastering is enabled for this card. It was written somewhere in DRI > > > docs from X distro how to do this. Also try to recompile with default optimizations. > > > And check if you have latest kernel module for your card loaded. > > > > Bus mastering is not an issue with the DRI these days. It's enabled by > > XFree86. The docs that talk about setting busmastering are ancient and > > really need to be thrown out. > > Hmm, I didn't know that. Thanks for info. > But don't you need to be root to change bus mastering behaviour? XFree86 is setuid root or started by the setuid root Xwrapper-4, which is what lets it do all the rest of that fancy stuff with your video card :) -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org