From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 11:16:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3CA91065670 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:16:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com) Received: from spamfish.visualtech.com (h-67-102-187-40.phlapafg.covad.net [67.102.187.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942A18FC16 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:16:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com) Received: from mailstore.visualtech.com (unknown [67.102.187.41]) by spamfish.visualtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 426A61F42FF; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:59:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from memory.visualtech.com (h-67-103-204-242.phlapafg.covad.net [67.103.204.242]) by mailstore.visualtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB589ADC237; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:06:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:59:18 -0500 From: Adam K Kirchhoff To: "Rene Ladan" Message-Id: <200811200559.19088.adamk@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sylpheed-Account-Id: 2 X-Sylpheed-Reply: #imap/Personal/INBOX/Tech/FreeBSD/2921 X-Length: 1442 X-UID: 9 X-visualtech-MailScanner: Found to be clean Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenGL 2 supported on ATI RV370? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:16:51 -0000 On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:02:34 +0100 "Rene Ladan" wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2 i386 at work. The computer has an ATI > RV370 (X300SE) > card installed. According to glxinfo, the supported OpenGL version > 1.3 using Mesa 7.0.3. > > I'm using the xf86-video-ati driver, the ports are up-to-date. DRI > seems to work fine. > > Is there a way to get OpenGL 2 support on this machine (using -CURRENT > with some patches?) > or should I install Linux on it so that I can use the commercial > FGLRX driver? > > Thanks, > Rene The r300 Mesa driver supports many of the opengl 2.0 extensions, but not all of them. If you need complete opengl 2 support with that card, then fglrx is much more likely to fulfill your needs. Adam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.