Intel G33/DRI/RELENG_7/Xorg7.4

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:57:03 +0000
Vlad GALU <dudu at dudu.ro> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I'm running the aforementioned configuration. In my kernel config file
> I have "device agp", "device drm" and "device i915drm". I'm using the
> "intel" driver in my xorg.conf. glxinfo reports DRI as active and yet,
> glxgears says the following:
> 
> -- cut here --
> Failed to initialize GEM.  Falling back to classic.
> Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
> approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
> -- and here --
> 
> Needless to say, the framerate is ~60FPS (my monitor's refresh rate is 60Hz).
> What am I doing wrong? Should I remove "device i915drm" from my kernel?

You are doing nothing wrong.  Those results are exactly what is
expected.  GEM is not ported to FreeBSD yet, and glxgears is syncing to
the vertical refresh rate.

Adam