Second Life Forums Archive - Who uses SL with free/open source drivers?

Router Gray

Registered User

Join date: 17 Oct 2006

Posts: 5

02-14-2007 15:23

From: Merrick Moose

DRI is depreciated, you don't need it/it can be replaced with newer modules.

Load "i2c" #card detection(TV tuner)
Load "bitmap" #bitmap fonts
Load "ddc" #Vesa Display Data Channel
Load "extmod" #server extensions
Load "freetype" #free type font
Load "glx" #accelerated gl
Load "int10" #graphics card init.
Load "type1"#Type 1 fonts
Load "vbe" #VESA bios extensions
Load "v4l" #video 4 linux

DRI won't be used by secondlife if glx is present. The above are what I use, many will cause problems on ATI hardware but it provides some ideas on what to unload and try loading to fix the problem.

i'm using an ATI 9250, fedora Core 6 distro, the included open source drivers. When I dont load the DRI module in xorg.conf, SL gives me the 'failed to create window' dialog box. Anything you can tell me I might need to do or change somewhere else for SL to run without DRI? anything else you need to know about my system to answer this?

Lord Kaos

Linux User

Join date: 1 Oct 2005

Posts: 34

02-18-2007 20:36

I tried SL with Open Source Ati Drivers (9600xt 256mb Card) , Fog wasn't working, draw distance was stuck at 512m(Changing it doesn't change anything) but I had a good FPS

Signore Iredell

Registered User

Join date: 11 Aug 2006

Posts: 43

02-19-2007 02:35

Thanks for your research, Prospero. Your annotations and thoughts are really appreciated. Of course, nobody needs to be truly open in order to produce and share this kind of annotations.

I'm quite sure that Linden Lab would appreciate them too. Let's remember that most Linux distro don't ship proprietary drivers by default. If people can give Second Life a try with a default Linux install,
that's really good.

Let's keep this thread in the topic that is Second Life with free vs. proprietary drivers.Btw, I'm on Nvidia.

Seg Baphomet

Fedora Developer

Join date: 1 Oct 2005

Posts: 46

02-19-2007 14:46

Heh. I snagged me a 256mb Radeon 9600XT too. With the open source r300 drivers, the official build still locks up the X server. However, with my open source build I'm working on for Fedora, it works beautifully! I wonder if its a multilib problem, as my build is native x86_64.

Check it out:

http://www.haxxed.com/random/SecondLifeIsFree.jpg

Kevin Susenko

Voice Mentor

Join date: 11 Jul 2006

Posts: 198

02-19-2007 15:16

I use the proprietary drivers because open drivers don't exist for the 8800. Not even the Ubuntu packaged version of the same nVidia drivers that support the 8800 with work with it.

Who uses SL with free/open source drivers?
Router Gray Registered User Join date: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 5	02-14-2007 15:23 From: Merrick Moose DRI is depreciated, you don't need it/it can be replaced with newer modules. Load "i2c" #card detection(TV tuner) Load "bitmap" #bitmap fonts Load "ddc" #Vesa Display Data Channel Load "extmod" #server extensions Load "freetype" #free type font Load "glx" #accelerated gl Load "int10" #graphics card init. Load "type1"#Type 1 fonts Load "vbe" #VESA bios extensions Load "v4l" #video 4 linux DRI won't be used by secondlife if glx is present. The above are what I use, many will cause problems on ATI hardware but it provides some ideas on what to unload and try loading to fix the problem. i'm using an ATI 9250, fedora Core 6 distro, the included open source drivers. When I dont load the DRI module in xorg.conf, SL gives me the 'failed to create window' dialog box. Anything you can tell me I might need to do or change somewhere else for SL to run without DRI? anything else you need to know about my system to answer this?
Lord Kaos Linux User Join date: 1 Oct 2005 Posts: 34	02-18-2007 20:36 I tried SL with Open Source Ati Drivers (9600xt 256mb Card) , Fog wasn't working, draw distance was stuck at 512m(Changing it doesn't change anything) but I had a good FPS
Signore Iredell Registered User Join date: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 43	02-19-2007 02:35 Thanks for your research, Prospero. Your annotations and thoughts are really appreciated. Of course, nobody needs to be truly open in order to produce and share this kind of annotations. I'm quite sure that Linden Lab would appreciate them too. Let's remember that most Linux distro don't ship proprietary drivers by default. If people can give Second Life a try with a default Linux install, that's really good. Let's keep this thread in the topic that is Second Life with free vs. proprietary drivers.Btw, I'm on Nvidia.
Seg Baphomet Fedora Developer Join date: 1 Oct 2005 Posts: 46	02-19-2007 14:46 Heh. I snagged me a 256mb Radeon 9600XT too. With the open source r300 drivers, the official build still locks up the X server. However, with my open source build I'm working on for Fedora, it works beautifully! I wonder if its a multilib problem, as my build is native x86_64. Check it out: http://www.haxxed.com/random/SecondLifeIsFree.jpg
Kevin Susenko Voice Mentor Join date: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 198	02-19-2007 15:16 I use the proprietary drivers because open drivers don't exist for the 8800. Not even the Ubuntu packaged version of the same nVidia drivers that support the 8800 with work with it.

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