I went the route that you have suggested. The exact problem I have still is 
that the command 'glxinfo' reports that DRI is disabled. But when I check 
the XFree86.log It says that DRI was installed. I built the driver from the 
X source and removed the kernel module and replaced it with X's. I installed 
Mandrake to see how they are enabling DRI but a quick look at the X config 
revealed nothing at all.
As for LFS, I have to say its freaking awesome. Its rock solid stable and 
configured 110% to my needs, no extra libs lying around no extra programs 
sitting around taking up space. Everything on my LFS is there for a reason 
and gets used damn near all the time. Not to mention that the knowledge I 
gained from building my own distro is priceless. Now I just need to learn 
how to make a few more .conf files and rewrite my boot scripts and I will 
shed my linux newbie skin :)






>From: Kevin Geiss <kevin@desertsol.com>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>Subject: Re: DRI in X
>Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:32:57 -0700
>
>you may need to install the kernel module corresponding to your video
>card from the X distribution, rather than from the kernel sources.
>
>once you've extracted the x tree, try this:
>
>cd xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel
>make -f Makefile.linux
>
>you may get an error at the end, but hopefully you will get a .o file for
>your card in the current directory. (probably radeon.o?)
>
>next, you want to get rid of the module that came with the
>kernel. recompile your kernel, with agp and dri support on, but you want
>to NOT compile dri support for your specific card, since you're going to
>be using X's driver instead.
>
>then, just to be safe, nuke any old kernel module for your card:
>
>rm /lib/modules/2.4.120/kernel/drivers/char/drm/radeon.o
>
>substitute your kernel version for '2.4.120' above (I don't really have
>the 2.4.120 kernel installed ;) ) and your driver for radeon.o
>
>then copy the kernel module you compiled from X to the right place:
>
>cd xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel
>mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.120/kernel/drivers/misc
>cp -ip radeon.o /lib/modules/2.4.120/kernel/drivers/misc/
>
>again, substitute in your kernel ver and module above.
>
>how do you like LFS? I went the gentoo route instead
>
>
>On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 11:08:45AM +0000, Aaron Cordova wrote:
> > First, dri is enabled in my X config and is being loaded, but 'glxinfo'
> > reports that direct rendering is disabled.
> > Second, I have AGP support enabled and set to run at 4x. But in the X 
>log
> > it says that 4 is not an integer, dont worry I know that 4 is really an
> > integer ;)
> >
> >
> > So how can I get Direct Rendering to start working?
> >
> > Aaron Cordova
> >
> > Dell Inspiron 8200
> > ATI Mobility 9000 (M9)
> > LFS - Book 4
> > XFree 4.3.0
> >
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