HOWTO: Enable DRI (3D support) on SAVAGE cards

This is how to do it (only on Breezy):
first of all

sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4 build-essential

FOR OLDER INTEL AND AMD CHIPSETS (INTEL 386, 486 ETC.)
do

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386

and jump straight to "COMMON FOR ALL CHIPSETS"
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FOR INTEL 686 CHIPSETS (WITHOUT HYPERTHREADING)

sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.12-10-686
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-686
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686

Then restart the comp and boot into the 686 kernel image from grub (u will get that option).
Now do

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386

and jump straight to "COMMON FOR ALL CHIPSETS"
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FOR INTEL CHIPSETS (WITH HYPERTHREADING)

sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.12-10-686-smp
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-686-smp
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686-smp

Then restart the comp and boot into the 686-smp kernel image from grub (u will get that option).
Now do

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386

and jump straight to "COMMON FOR ALL CHIPSETS"
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FOR AMD CHIPSETS

sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.12-10-k7
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-k7
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-k7

Then restart the comp and boot into the k7 kernel image from grub (u will get that option).
Now do

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386

and jump straight to "COMMON FOR ALL CHIPSETS"
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COMMON FOR ALL CHIPSETS

wget http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/archive/common-20051127-linux.i386.tar.bz2 
wget http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/archive/savage-20051125-linux.i386.tar.bz2 
tar -xjf common-20051127-linux.i386.tar.bz2 
tar -xjf savage-20051125-linux.i386.tar.bz2  
cd dripkg 
sudo ./install.sh

restart your comp (or just X server).
check ur fps count with:

glxgears -printfps

[cyfer]

please forgive my ignorance ..i'm kinda newb to ubuntu

i didn't try what you explain here as i'm getting kde right now ..but last night i recompiled my 2.6.12.9 ......and thank god i think it was successfull.........
trying to work the BLUEZ "3Ddesk" i get 3d is found but not enabled ...please configure you hardware acceleration

this i think is interesting ...

 
wget http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/common-20050707-linux.i386.tar.bz2 
wget http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/savage-20050707-linux.i386.tar.bz2 
tar -xjf common-20050707-linux.i386.tar.bz2 
tar -xjf savage-20050707-linux.i386.tar.bz2  
cd dripkg 
sudo ./install.sh

so ..after downloading the new kernel OR recompiling it ....it will work ..yes .but why uninstall the previous version ??? can't get that at all

btw , is this for all savage cards? even those S3_Unichrome?

[Charon]

thanks, this actually worked like a charm!

just two things :
instead of the files you mentioned i downloaded these newer ones
http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots...x.i386.tar.bz2
http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots...x.i386.tar.bz2

the other thing was with with the compiling-stage during the install. on first try it hung up because it couldn't find gcc-3.4.4 (apparently the kernel-headers told the install script to use gcc-3.4.4, i though everything is now compiled with gcc-4.0.0? )

after installing gcc-3.4.4 i started the install-script again and it worked!

so one last question : isnt the kernel compiled with gcc-4.0.0? wouldn't it usually create problems if i load a gcc-3.4.4 compiled module into a gcc-4.0.0 compiled kernel?

/me goes off to play some more ppracer..

[edit]
forgot to mention that since i use an IBM Thinkpad T22 i installed the linux-image-2.6.12-9-686
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[radiazo]

a lot of thanks!!!

[leezer3]

The kernel is still currently compiled with gcc3.4.
@ Cyfer: You are not re-compiling the kernel, but rather the drivers for the vid card.


Cheers

-Leezer-

[cyfer]

=====>arnieboy<======

-$ getting errors
-$ reconfiguring the **** 
-$ downloading the right driver
-$ oooops , this is gonna work !
-$ it really works 
-$ getting the BLUEZ
-$ the BLUEZ works
-$ thanks for DAEMON "arnieboy"

[assan]

Thanks arnieboy it worked like a charm.
But there is another problem after few moments of fast animation glxgears is slowing down, almost stopping. Any ideas what to do? It was the same before enabling DRI and after.
glxgears is not showing any fps? It is maybe silly question but in hoary it was fps was just there and -? and -help want help me.

Originally Posted by assan Thanks arnieboy it worked like a charm. But there is another problem after few moments of fast animation glxgears is slowing down, almost stopping. Any ideas what to do? It was the same before enabling DRI and after. glxgears is not showing any fps? It is maybe silly question but in hoary it was fps was just there and -? and -help want help me.

do the following to get the fps count on glxgears:

glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark

the slowing down of the gears is nothing to worry about.

[assan]

Results are pretty slow:

1806 frames in 5.2 seconds = 348.711 FPS
2660 frames in 5.1 seconds = 519.943 FPS
2660 frames in 5.2 seconds = 516.076 FPS
1960 frames in 5.0 seconds = 391.679 FPS
2660 frames in 5.3 seconds = 505.836 FPS
2660 frames in 5.1 seconds = 525.939 FPS

Do I need to reconfigure Xserver?

Originally Posted by assan Results are pretty slow: 1806 frames in 5.2 seconds = 348.711 FPS 2660 frames in 5.1 seconds = 519.943 FPS 2660 frames in 5.2 seconds = 516.076 FPS 1960 frames in 5.0 seconds = 391.679 FPS 2660 frames in 5.3 seconds = 505.836 FPS 2660 frames in 5.1 seconds = 525.939 FPS Do I need to reconfigure Xserver?

this is the best u can get with ur card on linux. if u had run the glxgears command before installing the drivers u wud have probably seen around 100 fps. generally there is a jump of nearly 3-4 times with the installation of the savage modules.