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Date:      Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:43:25 -0700
From:      Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: i915 DRM enabled in X.org log but not in glxinfo
Message-ID:  <200610241143.26055.antik@bsd.ee>
In-Reply-To: <a8b8bb510610231742p7f6319cama962be8c0a45782a@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <a8b8bb510610231742p7f6319cama962be8c0a45782a@mail.gmail.com>

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On Monday 23 October 2006 5:42 pm, Alex Burke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just to say that this report may well seem a little sparse, but I
> really don't know what exactly to look for so if anybody needs extra
> information just shout and I will get it for you ASAP.
>
> When I check the X.org log file, it says direct rendering: enabled on
> my graphics device (it attaches its i810 driver to the kernel's i915
> DRM device). This would appear to me to suggest that atleast the X
> server is running with full DRM capabilities.
>
> But when I use glxinfo, it says direct rendering: No. I am just
> wodnering, is there anything special I need to do for GL to work with
> the DRM stuff? I haven't installed (atleast knowingly) any other MESA
> library, so following the advice I have found that should be all I
> need to check, but apparently something else is wrong and I haven't
> the faintest idea what to look for.
>
> The other other slight oddity is that when i915 probes, it says I have
> 128 meg video RAM when I really only have 64meg maximum for the intel
> graphics.
>
> Just wondering if anybody had any suggestions, just seems wierd that
> one says things should be enabled,but the other test program
> disagrees.
>
You have to install DRI drivers from ports:

Port:   dri-6.4.1,2
Path:   /usr/ports/graphics/dri
Info:   OpenGL hardware acceleration drivers for the DRI



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