amd64/156405: xf86-video-ati driver

[dirk scheerlinck]

>Number:         156405
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       xf86-video-ati driver
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 14 18:30:11 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     dirk scheerlinck
>Release:        freebsd 8.2 AMD64
>Organization:
IT
>Environment:
FreeBSD phenomII.telenet.be 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0
>Description:
No hardware rendering on following machine:

Phenom II 820 quad core
Asus Radeon HD4850 video card
4 GB memory
M4A77T /USB3 mainboard
Freebsd 8.2 / AMD64 release
/etc/X11/xorg.conf generated by Xorg -configure and 
following lines added:
Section "DRI"
  Mode 0666
EndSection

glxinfo output as root or limited user:

direct rendering: Yes
....
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer

Although direct rendering is enabled, the video driver uses software rendering.


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