Performance issues with Radeon 9000

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/3/05, Hoover, Tony <hoover at sal.ksu.edu> wrote:
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> I just got my SX running AC1.0 with a Radeon 9000 PCI late last week, and
> have been a bit disappointed in the GL performance.  I'm getting less than 5
> Frames per Second on most of the 3D screen savers.
>
> I assume that the 3D rendering is being done in software, instead of the 3D
> engine in the Radeon.  How can I enable it to use the 3D acceleration of the
> graphics card?

check your Xorg log to see if direct rendering is enabled.  I suspect
the default kernel does not include the drm modules, so you'll
probably need to build a new kernel or build the drm from cvs:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
FWIW, there is an open bug in freedesktop.org bugzilla regarding drm
problems on alpha:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4508
the tester is using an mga g450, however, radeon may just work... I dunno.

Alex

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> Thanks.
>
> Tony
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