The bug in the mesa 7.x is now fixed and i got it to comple correctly. Now i need to get debian out of graphical mode and login in textmode so i can test it.

On running fb_gears from textmode i get a black screen and nothing. The readme mentions an unfindeable configuration file...

Ok i got it to work (but software mode only)
firt i compiled directfb 1.1 and installed that.

I got the mesa source from git and compiled that with make linux-directfb and installed that with make linux-directfb-install.

Using directfbrc in /etc i said it to use 640x480 with 24 delpth and rgb24 . When running df_gears it goes using RGB16 ?
Also i suspect it to be using software only?

If i do not use directfbrc the screen goes black and nothing happens until i do a reset.

I though it could use dri drivers, but those are not build by mesa? And where do i configure what gfx/dri drivers to use?

My graphics card is an ati9250 that is correctly detected as an ati9200.

Hopefully i get an reply from the directfb dev mailing list this time.

Got an answer from the mesa list confirming that the mesa linux-directfb is software only. It used to support hardware acceleration in the past via an hack. (I suppose that is the x86 embedded2 mesa i tried earlier)

With that in mind the fb_gears running with 18fps is not so bad.

I think i am going to give up on this one. Unless i get some info how the hack was supposed to work.

Yeah the Mesa one is, but the DirectFBGL driver should work on mainline Mesa with no real hacks. If it had any hacks in it, the fbdev/Mesa driver (which uses DRI, and was commercially funded!) does exactly the same thing in intention and should be directly comparable.
Okay, maybe the DirectFB guys can help more, as it's their graphics API you will deal with most..

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Matt Sealey