DRI in 8.04 ppc?

[linuxuser500]

Is there any way to get dri working on ubuntu 8.04 ppc.

I cant get it to work.

I have a powerbook pismo 400mhz with no hardware upgrades except 700 m of ram and a 40G HD

[frog_pilot]

Usually its working by default, if the machine is capable.

(If you use gnome) Look at "System" > "Settings" > "Appearance" Tab "Desktop Effects"

[mchladek]

What do you get when you run the following?

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"

Do you have a Radeon Mobility chip in that PowerBook? If you do, you have direct rendering enabled, and are trying to get desktop effects to work, then check out this thread.

Compiz-fusion runs a check to see if you have a mobility graphics chip. If you do, compiz won't load. You have to disable that check. That's what the thread I linked to above explains how to do.

[linuxuser500]

glxinfo returns that I have no direct rendering
My computer has a ati rage128 chip in it.
I tried several xorg.confs from people that have it working on powerbook pismos and nothing seems to work...

I know the card is capable bacause I have 2 rage128 cards in pcs running ubuntu 8.04 and they work fine

I am running osx right now but i will post my xorg.conf if anyone needs it

[stream303]

It looks like some have been successful with dri by dropping their default bit depth back from 24 to 16 bits:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=3723

I wondered if this was still the case with Hardy - might be interesting to try...

[linuxuser500]

thanks for pointing me in the right direction... I dont know how i missed that other thread while searching.