[CentOS] Re: hardware acceleration with radeon -- R100 (7500) != R[V]250[SE] (9000/9000SE)

Sat Jul 9 22:08:02 UTC 2005
Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org>

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 16:25 -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> 
>>Section "Device"
>>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>         Driver      "radeon"
>>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>>         BoardName   "ATI Radeon 7500"
>>         Option      "DRI"
>>EndSection
> 
> 
> Now hold on!  You're using a _true_ R100 (Radeon 7500) which probably
> has the _best_ support.  From my understanding, that was the "primary
> deliverable."  Everything from there has been an adaptation.
> 
> The R200 (Radeon 8500+) cards _are_ very different than R100 (Radeon
> 7500+) cards from a 3D standpoint (even if the 2D driver is the same
> "radeon").  The R250 (Radeon 9000) and RV250 (Radeon 9000SE) are even
> more different.

I haven't told him to copy&paste my config.  Just gave him example how 
it looks like.  Anyhow, even with my "best supported" old Radeon, I had 
to add DRI option by hand.  It's currently disabled for all Radeon cards 
by default.  I told him try, see if it works, if it doesn't work you are 
out of luck.  Undo the changes and live without 3D for time being.