[Openchrome-users] has anyone 3D working on CN700 or VM800 or P4M800Pro ?

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>> Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>>> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> (WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2d
>>> On which distro?
>> FC6. Does that matter?
> 
> As Christiaan wrote, at least OpenSuse 10.2 disables 3D on VIA 
> chipsets; maybe other distros do so too.

Oh. I think that is kinda weird.
Why not at least give the opportunity to enable stuff?

>>> If you switch off AIGLX, do the warnings go away?  Do you _need
>>> AIGLX?  If not, leave it switched off.
>> What does it do? ;-)
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIGLX

Thanks.

> Basically: you only need it when you want to use things like Compiz 
> or Beryl: 3D eye-candy desktops.

Nothing for me then. Maybe on the successor of this desktop system I
might need that.

> Judging from what Christiaan said, real 3D apps like the above games 
> will cause your machine to lock up.  That may not sound like an 
> attractive thing to try, but if you're willing to give it a shot, 
> your experiences will be much appreciated.

I could dothat if I don't have to mess up the system too much.
Is there a (small) test application?

>> glxgears (or what was the name) did not crash. Is that enough?
> 
> No, glxgears is far too simple.  It's a bit like testing a car by 
> just pressing the horn once.  :)

Thanks for this wise insight. :-)

I disabled AIGLX.
The messages went away.

Kind regards,
Udo