[Bug 34590] Re: [mach64] DRI not Automatically Enabled for ATI Rage Mobility P/M

[Tormod Volden]

** Summary changed:

- DRI not Automatically Enabled for ATI Rage Mobility P/M - Mach64
+ [mach64] DRI not Automatically Enabled for ATI Rage Mobility P/M

** Description changed:

  I'm a newbie to Linux, but I've finally managed to get DRI enabled on my Fujitsu FMV-Biblo LOOX T86A with help from the forums.  This may be more of a feature/enhancement request than a bug.  The following procedure enables DRI on this notebook, while the basic installation of Ubuntu Dapper Flight 5 does not.  With the 386 vanilla kernel installed, I perform the following:
  1.  Manually change the color depth to 16 instead of Ubuntu's default 24 in the xorg.conf file.  My 8MB graphics chip (ATI Rage Mobility P/M) will only support 16 due to memory requirements.
  2.  'sudo apt-get install linux-headers-386 build-essential'
  3.  Download the latest common and mach64 snapshots from http://dri.freedesktop.org.
  4.  Untar the common file first, followed by the mach64 file.
  5.  Change directory to the location of the unpacked common driver.
  6.  Run 'sudo ./install.sh' for the common modules and accept the default choices for the scripts.
  7.  Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the mach64 driver, using the default script choices.
  8.  Restart X and type 'glxinfo | grep "direct" to verify that direct rendering states "yes".
  
  My laptop runs exceptionally better overall after completing this
  procedure.  I'm certain it will help others as well.  3D gaming and GL
  are now possible.  Can Ubuntu developers incorporate this script into
  the base install?  Thanks.
  
  
+ 
  Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'xserver-
  mach64'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.

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[mach64] DRI not Automatically Enabled for ATI Rage Mobility P/M
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