Re: [linux-audio-user] [OT] Getting Nvidia drivers to work with CCRMA

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Tue Dec 19 2006 - 05:57:25 EET

On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 19:20 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Now that I look at the contents of the FC5 distro, I see that there
> is
> > a "xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.5.7.3-4.i3..>" RPM, which I'm guessing would
> > contain the DRI module that I need?
> >
> > -TimH
> >
>
> No, I think DRI is part of the kernel. I compile it as a module and
> then load it as 'drm'. See my other post for the two Xorg-X11 drivers
> in use on AMD64 with multiple sound cards.
>

You need both for DRI to work - a kernel module and a userspace X11
driver. On my system the kernel module is "via":

via 41568 1
drm 62356 2 via
via_agp 9088 1
agpgart 29744 2 drm,via_agp

And the X driver is "via_drv.so":

/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/via_drv.so

If the X server is properly configured, the kernel modules will
automatically be loaded when X starts. Check Xorg logs.

Lee
Received on Tue Dec 19 08:15:08 2006

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