--- Matt Graham wrote: > From: Mike Storke > > Is there a HOWTO or file out there somewhere [for getting DRI > without > > being root]? I thought I found one once, but it didn't work for > me. > > What did that HOWTO tell you to do, and how did it fail? Which HOWTO are you referring to? > > > My machines are older and getting that DRM working would be > > a huge boost, not to mention freeing up CPU cycles > > First, we need the video card's chipset. That's "lspci | grep VGA" > if > you don't know what it is. The answer to that question will > determine > a whole bunch of the subsequent steps. You also need to have the > following stanza in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf : > > 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 Ultra TF and X detects it with no problem (being as old as it is). The kernel has the r128 driver in it as well, so everything should be good to go. This has been a nagging problem for years, but is especially a problem now as it slows down Flash and everything else doing major work on the screen. 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). Mike > > ...and if you're using the evil nVidia modules, you should make sure > that /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidiactl both exist and are both 0666. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss