[visionegg] Re: errors with VE after a upgrade from RH8.0 to RH9.0

thanks, Andrew, 

(i) with setting the total bit depth to 0 and each RGBA  component to 0,
and even full screen, it works now.



2003-04-29 09:26:53 (1287) info: Requesting window 640 x 480 0 bpp (0 0
    0 0 RGBA).
unknown chip id, assuming full radeon support
2003-04-29 09:26:54 (1287) info: OpenGL 1.2 Mesa 4.0.4, Mesa DRI Radeon
    20020611 AGP 1x x86/MMX/SSE TCL, Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
2003-04-29 09:26:54 (1287) info: Video system reports 32 bpp (8 8 8 8
RGBA).
2003-04-29 09:26:54 (1287) WARNING: Could not sync buffer swapping to
vblank
    because you are running linux but not known/supported drivers (only
    nVidia and recent Mesa DRI Radeon currently supported).


cheers, 
Christoph


On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 01:33, Andrew Straw wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> I just added this to the FAQ:
> 
> > I am unable to open a graphics window.  I get the following exception: 
> > "pygame.error: Couldn't find matching GLX visual"
> >
> > An attempt was made to open a graphics window, but the requested mode 
> > was not found.  Try setting the total bit depth to 0 and each RGBA 
> > component to 0 to allow automatic matching.  Start with a small window 
> > (e.g. 640x480) and do not try fullscreen initially.
> 
> Let us know of your success.  You could also try other SDL-based apps 
> (especially SDL/OpenGL).  If they work, so should the Vision Egg.
> 
> I don't know where the "unknown chip id, assuming full radeon support" 
> message is coming from.  My guesses are a) SDL and b) XFree86 radeon 
> drivers.  (It's not the Vision Egg.)  It doesn't seem like that message 
> is an error - probably just information for you.
> 
> Cheers!
> Andrew
> 
> On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 08:30  PM, Christoph Lehmann wrote:
> 
> > Hi Andrew
> > I "successfully" upgraded from RH8.0 to RH9.0 in the hope, that with 
> > the
> > lateste xfree86, I can get the vsync working with my radeon FireGL7800.
> >
> > Unfortunately I get the following error, after calling some simple ve
> > code, which previously worked on Rh8.0: "unknown chip id, assuming full
> > radeon support"
> >
> > Please could you see, if there is any update on the VE side necessary,
> > or if I need to do something on my system.
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > christoph
> > -------------------------
> >
> > [christoph@christophl load_picture]$ p simple_loop_08.py
> > 2003-04-28 12:56:27 (13615) info: Script simple_loop_08.py started
> > Vision
> >     Egg 0.9.5a1 with process id 13615.
> > 2003-04-28 12:56:27 (13615) info: No Vision Egg logo :( because of 
> > error
> >     while trying to display image in GUI.GraphicsConfigurationWindow:
> > exceptions.ImportError:
> >     libtcl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> > directory
> > 2003-04-28 12:56:47 (13615) info: Requesting window 640 x 480 24 bpp (8
> >     8 8 0 RGBA).
> > unknown chip id, assuming full radeon support
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "simple_loop_08.py", line 19, in ?
> >     screen = get_default_screen()
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/VisionEgg/Core.py", line 637,
> > in get_default_screen
> >     return Screen.create_default()
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/VisionEgg/Core.py", line 548,
> > in create_default
> >     hide_mouse=VisionEgg.config.VISIONEGG_HIDE_MOUSE)
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/VisionEgg/Core.py", line 264,
> > in __init__
> >     pygame.display.set_mode(self.size, flags, try_bpp )
> > pygame.error: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
> > [christoph@christophl load_picture]$
> >
> > -- 
> > Christoph Lehmann <lehmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > University Hospital of Clinical Psychiatry
> >
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