Kernel update - now no DRI --SOLVED--

[Matt Patterson]

If I remember right there is a not so reliable or supported option that 
enables 3d in conjunction with composite. I have never tried it, but I 
remember reading about it.

Matt



James Gray wrote:

>On Monday 26 September 2005 15:35, James Gray wrote:
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>>I've been using the packages from Flavio Stanchina
>>(http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html)
>>for a while with my Ati X300 lappy.  Everything was happy and 3D
>>apps/screen savers were smoooth :)
>>
>>This morning I did an "apt-get dist-upgrade" and among a few KDE3.4.2
>>updates there was a new kernel and new headers etc.  This normally isn't a
>>problem as after the reboot, to load the new kernel, I loose 3D
>>acceleration until I recompile the fglrx kernel module.  So I went and did
>>that and can successfully load the kernel module.
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>>/var/log/Xorg.0.log: 
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>>(II) fglrx(0): UMM area:     0xc0501000 (size=0x03aef000)
>>(II) fglrx(0): Composite extension enabled, disabling direct rendering
>>    
>>
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Should've read the error message in context shouldn't I? 
>
>  
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>>(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
>>(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed!                  *
>>(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
>>(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO)             *
>>(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available                *
>>(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
>>    
>>
>
>In /etc/X11/xorg.conf there is the following lines:
>...
>Section "Extensions"
>       Option "Composite" "Enable"
>EndSection
>
>Comment out this entire section (need to be root/sudo) then restart the X 
>server and voila.  Accelerated 3D again.
>
>It seems the composite extension is incompatible with the 3D acceleration.  No 
>big deal for me, I don't use it.  If you have turned on experimental 
>transparencies etc, then this conflict may affect you too.  The fix is to 
>disable the composite extension.
>
>HTH someone out there....it's been bugging me for a week or so :(
>
>Cheers,
>
>James
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