How to enable DRI support?

[LordAllucard]

hi everybody and sorry 4 my bad english. first at all i used molinux zero 1.0 but hes based is puppy linux i cant give the exactly information cuz im new using it my computer is a acer aspire 5050 the os run pretty sweet is a good distribtuion and dats the only problem tha i have right , the question is how can i enable DRI support so i can play some games like open arena and urba terror....

[hondasid]

Go to the PPM and install the xorg_full_dri pkg. then re-run xorgwizard. go to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and uncomment the Option DRI line. then restart X and you should be good to go.

[LordAllucard]

im confuse should i delete this line

# This loads dri module (if present)
Load "dri"

[LordAllucard]

im really confused my friend i cant get dri working

[battleshooter]

@ LordAllucard

Hondasid is trying to say:

1. Go the menu, and then setup-Puppy Package Manager. Click on the button that says "PET". Scroll down the the screen that pops up and look for "xorg_full_dri pkg". Click on it and it should install.

2. Make sure all you windows and programs are closed and press ctrl, alt and backspace keys all at once. At the prompt, type:

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xorgwizard

Follow the prompts answering as you see fit.

3. Go to menu-utility-rxvt, and type:

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geany /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Look for this line:

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# This loads dri module (if present)
    Load       "dri"

If this line:

Load "dri"

has no # in front of it, it is uncommented and you don't need to do anything. If there is a # in front of the "Load DRI line" just delete the #.

4. Press the ctrl, alt and backspace keys again and this time type "xwin" into the prompt. Then, you should be good to go.

Hope it helps. I haven't actually tried this method before, but I think it's what Hondasid is suggesting.

@ Hondasid

Hope you don't mind me butting in mate

Battleshooter

[LordAllucard]

i did what u say but now X doesnt start it say>
parse error on line 31 of section module in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf
"this" is not a valid keyword in this section

[battleshooter]

Shucks, now I've got you in trouble, I better dig you out eh? It's not serious anyway. What happened was I think you removed the # from in front of this line:

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# This loads dri module (if present)

instead of this line:

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    Load       "dri"

So we need to put that # back.

If you type:

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mp /etc/x11/xorg.conf

The file edited should come up. Find the "This loads dri module (if present)" line and put the # back, and you should be back to normal. Type "xwin" to get back into X.

If there's something I'm not clear about, please feel free to ask.

Battleshooter

[LordAllucard]

i fix the problem but i still dont have dri on

[dejan555]

I usually don't have to edit xorg.conf, after full_dri installation, I just restart X
try to re-run xorgwizard, maybe it will pick it up automatically if it's installed.

[LordAllucard]

it doesnt my friend maybe i should move to another distro but i really love this one..

tell me if u get any ideas about a distro or how to get dri enable

[hondasid]

No, scroll down to your device section. there is one for your on board card then one for your ATI. go to the ATI one and find the line

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#Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]

take out the #

[LordAllucard]

which # first one or second one and thanks everyone now i see that is a great community thaks alot

and i cant tell u right know if it work or not cuz i dnt have electricity right now im carribean

[battleshooter]

it doesnt my friend maybe i should move to another distro but i really love this one..

tell me if u get any ideas about a distro or how to get dri enable

It would really help if you knew what graphics card you have. I don't know anyway of discovering hardware in Puppy, but I know in Windows there are programs like PCWizard that will tell you what graphics card you have once installed. I only hope everyone won't hang me for suggesting a Windows program, but I can't think of a Puppy alternative I'm familiar with.

Once you know what your card is, you can search for it in the forum and either discover how someone else solved it or the drivers.

Battleshooter

[mcalex]

which # first one or second one

the first one

[hondasid]

yes, the frist one. sorry, i should have clarified.

To find out what video card you have look in either hardinfo or pupscan on your system menu. that will tell you. or just look in your device section in xorg. it will be at the bottom of the section

[Patriot]

Hmmm .....

Just a browse through .....

Acer 5050: if the googling results is accurate then you have a Turion x2 (MK36/TL50) processor with ATI Express X1100 vga .... I believe, two drivers can be used for this ... xorg's or ati fglrx/catalyst which can be found here ....

Using xorg's driver, then you'll probably just need to plonk in the xorg_dri_7.3 pet and no messing around required ... the ati driver may need some fiddling ...


Rgds

[LordAllucard]

im going to unistall all the drivers and xorg package that i have so i can just install the one i need.... and my friend i have a 90 mb driver installtion for ati that may work or not.... im new using linux wich distro i can play games easy XD no xubuntu plzz... i like minidsitro like puppy linux

[hondasid]

I would look around at different puplets. there are several that play games nicely and many game pkgs available in the eye candy section. if you like old games, try puppy arcade. it has a ton of emulators to run old SNES games and such.

[LordAllucard]

i will like to play games like urban terror wich pupplets has dri enable

[hondasid]

DRI comes with xorg or is added afterwards. you will have to enable it in any puppy yourself, using the steps above.