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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:45 am    Post subject: Do the ATI DRI drivers work on amd64? Reply with quote

I know the proprietary ATI drivers do not, but do the DRI modules (ie, the ones contained in the kernel itself) work (with 3d accelleration)?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

check this out
http://volodya-project.sourceforge.net/R300.php
or else new x.org will come out on 25th august, maybe they got some.
Haven't tested'em , sorry, got nvidia 8)
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazycat wrote:
check this out
http://volodya-project.sourceforge.net/R300.php
or else new x.org will come out on 25th august, maybe they got some.
Haven't tested'em , sorry, got nvidia 8)


Thanks for that, I'll try it in the morning.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

and subscribe

http://www.petitiononline.com/atipet/petition.html

for better drivers from ati, for drivers for amd64, for better performance, etc.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazycat wrote:
check this out
http://volodya-project.sourceforge.net/R300.php
or else new x.org will come out on 25th august, maybe they got some.
Haven't tested'em , sorry, got nvidia 8)


I tried those, but really couldn't get them to work. Haven't heard of anybody else that did, so I'm not to optimistic about those drivers. Let's just hope that ATI turns around quickly.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

in my opinion www.ati.com deserves to be defaced.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kiff wrote:
I tried those, but really couldn't get them to work. Haven't heard of anybody else that did, so I'm not to optimistic about those drivers. Let's just hope that ATI turns around quickly.


Well, you do know that these drivers are NOT supposed to work, don't you?
However, for anything up to the Radeon 9200, the DRI drivers should work.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dangertools wrote:
and subscribe

http://www.petitiononline.com/atipet/petition.html

for better drivers from ati, for drivers for amd64, for better performance, etc.


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Fat chance in hell of any part of that petition coming through. Requiring ATI to completely open-source their chipsets? Much better to extend the NDA agreement given to the DRI project through the 9800, rather than ask them to sacrifice their research on the alter of Linux.

EDIT: I'll be bringing home an 8500 from work to see if the DRI drivers work with it (I have a 9600SE), so here's hoping OSS did a better job than ATI.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You shouldn't put too much hope in this petition. Allthough i signed it too i think it will be no use. But on the other side i think i will support nvidia with my next buy.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, the DRI drivers sort of worked...glxinfo says I have direct rendering now, except that I can't get above 100fps in glxgears...without direct rendering, I get ~400.

Anybody know why?

EDIT: Upgrading to the very newest version of x.org fixed this (with the insecure-drivers USE flag). Getting a nice ~1500 fps in glxgears now.
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