----- Forwarded message from Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Subject: Re: Bug#402286: xserver-xorg 7.1.0-7 fails to load libGLcore ...
(further info)
From: Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:13:53 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[For the benefit of future onlookers]
>On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 18:26 +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote:
>> ...
>> but there is no better graphic quality and, indeed, no acceleration
>> seems to be available.
> The kernel you're running is too old for 3D acceleration with the
> current upstream version of xserver-xorg-video-ati. You need a 2.6
> kernel to use the DRI.
As reported in my initial post on the subject, problems started with
kernel 2.6.17 ... (whereas 2.4.27 was good enough with Sarge).
>> Still worse, if I try to run ppracer (which tested ok under Xfree86), I get:
>> ...
>> *** ppracer error: Couldn't initialize video: No video mode large enough for
>> 1280x960 (Success)
> That's a ppracer issue. It doesn't automatically fall back to a
> different video resolution if the one set up in its config file doesn't
> work.
AAMOF, changing a few values in /etc/X11/xorg.conf made X work as nice
as with XFree86. And the test for 3D with the ppracer was good also.
> As there's no X bug above, I'm closing this report. If there are other
> issues that haven't been reported yet, please reopen this report or file
> new ones, one per problem, with specific descriptions.
Agreed.
Thanks for your quick answer.
Regards,
Ennio.
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