[Mesa-users] cannot get hardware acceleration on old notebook

[junk_yard at aol.com]

hello!

i'm not sure this is the right place to ask such a question. if it's not, it'd be kind of you to direct me to the right site.

i'm using Lubuntu 12.04 on Fujitsu LifeBook E6540.

$glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe

AFAIK, this means i've got a software acceleration.

$ egrep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    43.055] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
[    43.079] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
[    43.089] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    43.089] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[    43.142] (WW) MACH64(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer.
[    43.143] (WW) MACH64(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
[    43.188] (WW) MACH64(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 7680 kB video memory

$ egrep VBE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
[    43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 4096 kB
[    43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI MACH64
[    43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
[    43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
[    43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: MACH64RM
[    43.118] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[    43.122] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
[    43.122] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC Level none
[    43.122] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 2 sec.
[    43.126] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC read failed

the native resolution is 1024x768, but even if i change the bit depth from 24 to 16, i get

MACH64(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 4608 kB video memory

is there a way to get a hardware acceleration in my case?

thank you!
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