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In my A22m I have an ATI Rage Mobility M3... and I saw that this card worked for 3D acceleration at http://www.free3d.org

I tried to get DRI working, following the instructions at http://www.mesa3d.org and http://dri.freedesktop.org (they are pretty much the same instructions).

This may sound unintelligent, but I have tried EVERYTHING. I compiled drm to start, then compiled mesa, then copied the shared libraries into the DRI folder, installed the Xdamage extension, and added the kernel modules to the list of those to be started.

I have tried several options in xorg.conf, and I am remembering to load glx and dri and the mode 0666 part and turning the color depth to 16 to free up enough memory. Xorg.log even says "Direct rendering enabled" and Xdpyinfo lists DRI as an extension. The only command that says I do not have direct rendering is glxinfo.

I think the problem is with my distro, xUbuntu Dapper Drake and the fact that maybe it's looking in /usr/local/lib instead of /usr/lib or something like that. DRI is one of my highest priorities so I am ready to switch distros.

However, I recently found out about http://gatos.sf.net and saw that TV out requires the "adventurous installation." Gatos also says that 3D acceleration should work as long as it is not concurrent with km (as long as you're not doing TV in and 3D at the same time).

My xUbuntu install is messed up in many ways so I will definitely reinstall Linux, I just have a few questions before I do so:

1. Has anyone with an ATI rage M3 gotten DRI to work and compiled gatos so that TV out works?
2. If so, what distro did you use? This is the distro I will switch to.
3. Compiling gatos and DRI is one of the first things I will do after installing my distro. What packages would I need before I embark upon this?
4. What should I compile first Gatos or DRI?
5. Can anyone with experience in this add me in msn, aim or google talk (connor.behan@gmail.com) in case I need clarification on some steps on the websites?

Thanks alot, I know this is asking alot, but if anyone helps me with any of the above, I will not forget it .

Hmm maybe Rage 128 tv-out isn't supported by Gatos... it works in "rage theater" but not on my card, however I should still install Gatos because it has quite a good debugging guide for getting DRI to work. I just won't try the "doomed-to-fail adventurous" installation.

There's a separate atitvout module that could work for me instead... has anybody tried this?

The situation might not be as bleak as I made it sound. I'll get a new hard drive and install something on it (im liking Arch right about now). Hopefully X11 will have the proper tree and allow the installation to go perfectly. That will be the first thing I put on that hard drive.

Still any help from Rage M3 DRI users would be cool.