[wplug] Accel. X.

[Doug Green]

Mediator: please post- I am a member (doug.green at verizon.net) that is
trapped at work with no ability to forward... thanks!

Hi all-

I have a simple question: 

Is the ATI Rage Mobility chipset (used in many laptops) accelerated with
XFree86 4.0.3, or not? 

The Xfree86 website gives conflicting info- stating first that
acceleration IS provided using the Mach64 driver, and then implying the
Mach64 is deprecated (3.x), and I should use the "ati" driver for 4.x...
what's the deal?

Obviously, this isn't a big deal. The fact is that my display works
perfectly well, just not accelerated. I'd just like to kill some time at
work playing tuxracer is all... ;) 

Thanks!
Doug


PS- Other weirdness: "gears" puts out about 146fps... isnt' this a
little fast for an UNaccelerated server??? I have nothing to compare it
to, so I really don't know. At any rate, to say that tuxracer bogs is a
major understatement (maybe 1fps). ;)



For any willing to help, here is some info on my system:

Under /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ I have the following choices:
apm_drv.o        cyrix_drv.o  neomagic_drv.o       sis_drv.o
ark_drv.o        fbdev_drv.o  nv_drv.o             tdfx_drv.o
ati_drv.o        glint_drv.o  r128_drv.o           tga_drv.o
atimisc_drv.o    i128_drv.o   radeon_drv.o         trident_drv.o
chips_drv.o      i740_drv.o   rendition_drv.o      tseng_drv.o
cirrus_alpine.o  i810_drv.o   s3virge_drv.o        vesa_drv.o
cirrus_drv.o     linux        savage_drv.o         vga_drv.o
cirrus_laguna.o  mga_drv.o    siliconmotion_drv.o


My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file follows below:

# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Anaconda Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

    FontPath   "unix/:7100"

EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "GLcore"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
	       Load "fbdevhw"
	       Load "pex5"
	       Load "dri"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "pex5"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"

#	Option	"AutoRepeat"	"500 5"

# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
#	Option	"Protocol"	"Xqueue"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
	Option	"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option	"XkbLayout"	"us"
	#Option	"XkbVariant"	""
	#Option	"XkbOptions"	""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        HorizSync   30-110
        VertRefresh 60-110

        # -- 1400x1050 --
        # 1400x1050 @ 60Hz, 65.8 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  129   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

        # 1400x1050 @ 70Hz, 76.8 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  151   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

        # 1400x1050 @ 75Hz, 82.3 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  162   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

        # 1400x1050 @ 85Hz, 93.2 kHz hsync
        Modeline "1400x1050"  184   1400 1464 1656 1960
                              1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

EndSection

Section "Device"
	# no known options
	Identifier   "ATI Rage Mobility"
        Driver       "ati"
	       VendorName   "ATI Rage Mobility"
        BoardName     "ATI Rage Mobility"
        #BusID
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier   "Screen0"
        Device       "ATI Rage Mobility"
        Monitor      "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth	16

	Subsection "Display"
        	Depth       16
                Modes       "1024x768" 
	EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode 0666
EndSection