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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