glx & i810 (problem fixed)

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I have downloaded and compiled the Intel drivers for the 845GL and X comes up using the "i810" driver. glx and dri options are in my xorg.conf

glxinfo:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
    GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 845G 20040331 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 6.1
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
    GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos,
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements,
    GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
    GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
    GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
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0x22 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None

When I run glxgears I get the following error:

glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.

I had GL working on previous versions with this card. I wonder what I'm missing. Games don't work either.

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This chipset is pretty standard, there is really no reason to compile specific driver for it, you should just use the free ones, part of X.

At least that's what I always did with i810 graphics or related, never had a problem.

But, then again, I use mainly Debian.

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there is really no reason to compile specific driver for it,

There is if you want to use the DRI extensions from Intel (to get OpenGL to work). I had this working on Slack 10.1, set it up the same way. Now I get an error on 10.2

The libglx.so file seems to be missing.

The X server loads and runs great, but when I try any software with graphic acceleration the latter crashes.


This is the package I installed:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...inux*&lang=eng

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I found a solution to the problem. I'm not sure if this is a bug with x11 or the Intel DRI package (i915).

- installpkg x11-6.8.2-i486-3.tgz
- Replace "VESA Framebuffer" with "i810" (Device) , add "DRI" in (Module section)
- install Intel dripkg
- rm -rf /usr/X11/lib/modules
- installpkg x11-6.8.2-i486-3.tgz

glxgears now puts out 1000 FPS... I wonder if it gets any better?