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From: Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] somebody using x11-drm?
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:23:46
Message-Id: 1209036217.7519.11.camel@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] somebody using x11-drm? by Andrew Gaydenko
1 On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 14:15 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
2 > ======= On Thursday 24 April 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: =======
3 > > On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 12:52 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
4 > > > ======= On Thursday 24 April 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: =======
5 > > > ...
6 > > >
7 > > > > Yep, I'm using it (and the kernel module) and I get the same
8 > > > > output of "dmesg | grep drm"
9 > > > >
10 > > > > If I remember correctly, only =x11-base/x11-drm-20071019 worked
11 > > > > for me (at least there was a reason for me to put it
12 > > > > in /etc/portage/package.keywords)
13 > > >
14 > > > How to determine "drm works"? 'dmesg | grep drm' out is:
15 > > >
16 > > > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
17 > > > [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
18 > > >
19 > > > 'lsmod | grep drm' out is:
20 > > >
21 > > > drm 92648 3 i915
22 > > >
23 > > > and 'lspci | grep -i vga' out is:
24 > > >
25 > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G965
26 > > > Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
27 > > >
28 > > >
29 > > > Andrew
30 > >
31 > > Let's say it that way: 3D-acceleration works and unmasking
32 > > =x11-base/x11-drm-20071019 was part of the solution.
33 >
34 > Aha, 3D... I bother about 2D only. Does it mean I can bravely forget all
35 > these drm-related things?
36
37 I'm not sure if 2D-acceleration depends on it as well. If you don't
38 suffer from problems while scrolling, watching videos and so on, you
39 might not need it.

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