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SubjectRe: Problems with DRM/R128
On Sat, 10 May 2003, Simon Matthews wrote:

> I have an ATI Rage 128. I am using the 2.4.20 vanilla kernel. I have
> compiled in the DRM 4.1 and the R128 driver (not as modules, but part of
> the kernel).
>
> However, graphics such as tuxracer are very slow. The XFree86 log file
> shows an entry:
> (II) R128(0): [drm] Added 128 16384 byte vertex/indirect buffers
> (II) R128(0): [drm] Mapped 128 vertex/indirect buffers
> (II) R128(0): [drm] failure adding irq handler, there is a device already
> using that irq
> [drm] falling back to irq-free operation
> (II) R128(0): Direct rendering enabled

Looks ok, how uptodate is the DRM in the 2.4 mainline kernel anyway?

> On starting OpenOffice, I see:
> ooffice
> Gnome session manager detected - session management disabled
> running openoffice.org setup...
> Setup complete. Running openoffice.org...
> libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted
> libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering

Perhaps you don't have permissions to use DRI? The following would allow
global access.

Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection

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