Bug 108581 – Hardware 3D Acceleration Guide: x11-drm works for 2.6.6 or higher kernels

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description adr 2005-10-09 03:37:27 UTC]

Hardware 3D Acceleration Guide: x11-base/x11-drm works for 2.6.6 or higher 
kernels. /usr/poortage/x11-base/x11-drm/x11-drm-20050502.ebuild: 
 
"die_error() { 
	eerror "Portage could not build the DRM modules. If you see an ACCESS 
DENIED error," 
	eerror "this could mean that you were using an unsupported kernel 
build system. All" 
	eerror "2.4 kernels are supported, but only 2.6 kernels at least as 
new as 2.6.6" 
	eerror "are supported." 
	die "Unable to build DRM modules." 
}" 
 
The current guide says it doesn't work for 2.6 kernels: section Configure your 
kernel, "the X11-DRM package currently does not support 2.6 kernels yet" 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2785398.html#2785398

[Comment 1 adr 2005-10-09 04:50:39 UTC]

In case of trouble, it's a good idea to try compiling into the kernel or as 
modules, the kernels DRM or x11-base/x11-drm ebuild, lower AGP from 4x to 2x or 
1x in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (doesn't even have to lower FPS of glxgears)... 

[Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2005-10-10 20:47:34 UTC]

Thanks. I've updated the guide so that the 2.4/2.6 distinction is less apparent
(since they are now both equivalent).

I didn't alter the troubleshooting though; I'll need more information (when did
it occur and such) and within a new bug if possible.

[Comment 3 adr 2005-10-11 00:35:28 UTC]

Thanks for changing it. I think section 2 is perfect now.