Rama Murthy Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Good morning everyone! I tried activating 3D desktop in DELL Inspiron 1501 laptop. It gave me the following error message: [root@localhost Desktop]# 3ddesktop ================================================================ 3ddesktop will be acquiring images in one moment. Please wait... ================================================================ Daemon started. Run 3ddesk to activate. Attempting to start 3ddesktop server. Daemon started. Run 3ddesk to activate. 3ddeskd: glXIsDirect failed, no Direct Rendering possible! 3ddeskd: Please configure hardware acceleration. Exiting. 3ddeskd: glXIsDirect failed, no Direct Rendering possible! 3ddeskd: Please configure hardware acceleration. Exiting. Server not found after waiting 5 seconds. Could not find server. Try starting manually (3ddeskd) As it said, I tried starting 3ddesktop manually by typing 3ddeskd command. It gave me the following error message: [root@localhost Desktop]# 3ddeskd Daemon started. Run 3ddesk to activate. [root@localhost Desktop]# 3ddeskd: glXIsDirect failed, no Direct Rendering possible! 3ddeskd: Please configure hardware acceleration. Exiting. Can some one please help me in configuring 3d desktop in my laptop?? Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 You need Open GL, or in other words, good drivers for a good graphics chip in order to have 3d. Since Dell is using the ATI chips for graphics, you need to get the ATI proprietary driver in order to run 3d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Murthy Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 You need Open GL, or in other words, good drivers for a good graphics chip in order to have 3d. Since Dell is using the ATI chips for graphics, you need to get the ATI proprietary driver in order to run 3d. Thank you. Can I install Open GL in my laptop?? If yes, do i need to first uninstall ATI drivers? Please let me know the procedure for installing Open GL. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 If you haven't already done so, use easy-urpmi at the top of this page, be sure to add the plf repos. Then do: urpmi dkms-ati select the fglrx driver for your card. Also check to see that you have libmesagl installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Murthy Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 If you haven't already done so, use easy-urpmi at the top of this page, be sure to add the plf repos. Then do:urpmi dkms-ati select the fglrx driver for your card. Also check to see that you have libmesagl installed. Thank you. I have done what you said and when i type urpmi dkms-ati It says, there is no such package called dkms-ati.. and by the way, does this process remove ati graphics in my laptop and install openGL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 opengl isn't a driver, it's a graphics library. your system still uses the ati card and it's associated drivers. opengl is just a library that is used to basically communicate with the card and tell it how to draw graphics (in simple terms - I don't understand the complexities of it myself). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 when i typeurpmi dkms-ati It says, there is no such package called dkms-ati.. Have you set up your repos using easy-urpmi? You need the plf-free and plf-non-free repos? It's there! Open your gui package manger and search for ati, and you should find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Murthy Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Thanks! Tyme.. and I did not install plf-non-free repos.. I thought I would need to pay for them.. so..they ain't free as in freedom.. but free as in free-beer .. correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 so..they ain't free as in freedom.. but free as in free-beer .. correct? Not Richard Stallman's free (cool pic, I saw it), but yes, free, as in free beer! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Murthy Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) so..they ain't free as in freedom.. but free as in free-beer .. correct? Not Richard Stallman's free (cool pic, I saw it), but yes, free, as in free beer! :) thanks Greg.. he comes to India almost every year.. every time i get to click a snap with him.. hmm..nothing kind of great.. but just a good feeling.. Edited April 10, 2007 by Rama Murthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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