RSX Driver for Ubuntu?

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RSX Driver for Ubuntu?

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I relatively know nothing about this...But from what I've read there is a 2D acceleration driver for linux? (Takes you outta frame-buffer mode).

I'm on the latest PS3 Firmware (Whoops that's my PSP version - Its 2.53)
And I have Ubuntu 8.10 installed (Kernel version: 2.6.25-2-powerpc64-smp)

So if I can install a driver, how and where would I get it from?
(I can do basic things in Linux, lol)
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Post by Uber CB Noob »

If anyone could bring a little light on the subject, that would be nice.
I can't seem to find anything and I've been looking for hours.
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Post by cheriff »

I've not heard of any driver for RSX, either 2D or 3D, other than the simple framebuffer that has been there since forever. Where did you read otherwise?

I believe there might have been some patches around that use SPUs to accelerate some X operations, but I am not sure how stable/complete this work currently is.
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Post by warrennn »

For firmware <2.1, there is a driver which provides some 2D acceleration using the RSX. I am currently using it in Ubuntu 7.10 and am reasonably pleased: window moving is very smooth and quick, without the annoying artifacts which exist without acceleration. It supposedly also accelerates mplayer, but I haven't had much luck with this. Installation is very tricky and I am afraid I couldn't recall all the steps I used (more than a year ago).

Good luck.

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