From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031016 Description of problem: I saw a message on the GATOS project mailing list saying that there is a major bug in XFree86 4.3: AGP cards are running slower than PCI cards. The best test of this is a 3D game. I tried the Linux game Chromium out, and sure enough the game wouldn't work properly; it behaved as though the system did not have 3D acceleration. I decided to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on a different hard drive in my computer and see if the acceleration was restored by using XFree86 4.2.1, and in fact the speed was restored. If this was a known issue when Red Hat Linux 9 was released, I don't think XFree86 4.3 should have been part of the release. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): XFree86-4.3.0-2.90.43 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install Red Hat Linux 8.0 with Chromium on a system with an AGP card with DRI support 2.Play Chromium 3.Upgrade to Red Hat Linux 9, or use a similar computer running Red Hat Linux 9.0 4. Play Chromium Actual Results: Chromium works on Red Hat Linux 8.0, but not on Red Hat Linux 9. Expected Results: Chromium should run smoothly on both computers. Additional info: My computer has the following: Dell Dimension XPS T-series with Intel 440BX chipset Pentium III 1.1 GHz 256 MB ECC SDRAM ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon AGP video card (running at 2x)
I screwed up, this is fixed in XFree86 as Red Hat distributes it, the problem is likely in the GATOS XFree86 software for Radeons.
Exactly.
more specifically, I should say.... Don't file bug reports to Red Hat, if you are using _any_ 3rd party video drivers or kernel modules, be they open source or proprietary. ANything we do not ship is explicitly unsupported by us, and only supported by the people who provided it to you, or the community.
I thought I tried the Red Hat drivers also, I must have made a mistake. I'm sorry for the trouble. In any case, I troubleshot the heck out of that problem and opened a wide discussion on the list, which is now Bug 114125. And yes, it is a 3rd party driver, but a Red Hat update broke the compatibility. Then again, your probably already got that e-mail.