Re: radeon r300

[Michael <macallan1888%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello,

On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:59:35 -0700
Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling%kev009.com@localhost> wrote:

> With the modesetting default of AccelMethod "glamor", X will not start with:
> glamor requires at least 128 instructions (64 reported)
> 
> So it seems the older EXA radeon might be preferable, but something is
> going wrong in the kernel.  Has anyone looked into this drm stuff
> recently?

Do you actually care about DRM? If all you want is 2D accelerated X
with xrender and a fast console you may be better off with radeonfb and
the old, pre-KMS radeon driver. This is the default on macppc and
sparc64 but hasn't been tested much on anything else. 
Will need 
options 	RADEONFB_BIOS_INIT
if your card's connectors aren't the usual VGA and DVI.

have fun
Michael