Pointer to getting X11 DRM working under !root user

[Mike Storke]

Sorry I haven't got back sooner, I don't check my e-mail too often. :(

--- Matt Graham <danceswithcrows at usa.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Storke <storkus at yahoo.com>
> > danceswithcrows at usa.net wrote:
> >> From: Mike Storke <storkus at yahoo.com>
> >>> Is there a HOWTO or file out there somewhere [for getting DRI 
> >>> without being root]?  I thought I found one once, but
> >> What did that HOWTO tell you to do, and how did it fail? 
> > Which HOWTO are you referring to?
> 
> The HOWTO you said you thought you found.

LOL

> 
> >> First, we need the video card's chipset.
> >> Section "DRI"
> >>   Group      "video"
> >>   Mode       0666
> >> EndSection 
> > My "DRI" section was missing the "Group" argument.  Even so, after
> > adding it and restarting X, the log still says DRI is disabled.
> > The video card is an ATI Rage (128) Pro, and X detects it with
> > no problem (being as old as it is).  The kernel has the r128 driver
> > in it as well
> 
> Is r128 compiled in, or a module?  It should be a module.  You'd also
> need the AGP module for your chipset loaded, since DRI requires AGP.
> I sold my r128-using machine 1.5 years ago, so I can't reproduce its
> config file, but I had to modprobe intel_agp and r128 before DRI
> would
> work.  Find out your AGP chipset and make sure its support module has
> been modprobed before X starts.  That's in /etc/modules.autoload.d/ 
> for Gentoo users, YDistroMV.

The kernel is 99% monolithic including both the AGP and DRM modules--
why do they have to be separate?  Nevertheless, I'll go ahead and try
it as soon as 2.6.24 comes out (or maybe sooner, we'll see).

Oh, and I run Slackware (for over a decade)--not sure where that kind
of stuff is kept other than somewhere deep in the /usr/X11R6 heirarchy.
Unless we're talking symlinks between there and /lib/modules.

BTW, the computer is an old Dell Dimension 4300S with a P4 1.4 GHz and
392MB of ram.  The northbridge is an Intel 845G (sans onboard video).
I bought it from my old job for $25 and other than this DRM problem
(which I've always had and know it's just misconfiguration on my part)
works perfectly.

My next project is a 1996 (I think) Hitachi E100D sub-notebook: P100
non-MMX and 16MB ram.  I'm hoping to get DSL working on it, otherwise
it'll be about time to get serious with LFS.

My next serious computer, however, will be some cheap laptop, say, an
Asus or HP from Wally World, or a Dell D600 from Westech Recyclers
(who quoted me $375 for one).  But I'd still like to get my hands on a
dually...

> 
> > It's annoying I've never been able to solve it.  In the future, 
> > when I build my next dream machine, this will be very important
> > so I can run Wine and my favorite games (I hope).
> 
> Right now, 3D is much easier with nVidia cards and the evil
> binary-only modules than it is with ATi cards.

So I've heard too, and it makes me a little scared in buying a
brand-new laptop.

Thanks for all the help again!

Mike



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