GLX and direct rendering

Ferry Niemeijer ferry at dordtlan.nl
Sun May 14 16:03:58 UTC 2006


First of all: Thanks for the reply

I checked my xorg.conf and it was configured with the nvidia driver
(nvidia) and redenaccell true ..
But my glxinfo | grep direct still says: 

direct rendering: No

it works untill i install xserver-glx ...

Do you have another idea? 

Ferry

Op za, 13-05-2006 te 22:42 -0700, schreef Vayu:
> On Saturday 13 May 2006 12:07, Ferry Niemeijer wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm new to glx ...
> > but is it normal that direct rendering is not enabled ?
> > i get the feeling that i have some performance loss and it could be that
> > it has to do with direct rendering ...
> > 
> > Thanks in advandce!
> > 
> > Ferry
> > 
> > 
> 
> Yes it's normal.   To enable it you must adjust settings in 
> your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.  You must have the proper driver installed and 
> referenced in that file under the section "device".  
> 
> For nVidia cards it should say:
> Driver "nvidia"
> For ATI cards it should say:
> Driver "fglrx"
> 
> If your current driver is nv, ati, or vesa, you are not using a driver with 
> direct rendering capability.  (which doesn't necessarily mean that you don't 
> have it installed)
> 
> Then also in the section "device", you must have the line:
> Option "RenderAccel" "True"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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