Bug#379940: boson: detects incorrectly DRI off, when DRI on

[Eddy Petrişor]

On 07/09/06, Alexander Schmehl <alexander at schmehl.info> wrote:
> > I have just enabled DRI on this machine and tried to start boson. It
> > detected wrongly that DRI is not present. (see attached image).
>
> Just tested on my i386 workstation and on my ibook.  Both have working
> DRI.  The i386 works very well (though the proprietary nvidia driver);
> on my ibook I get nearly the same window (but it tells me to thell the
> developers, if I think it's wrong).
>
> Summary:  Yes, I can reproduce this bug.

I think the main issue here is the fact that the Boson developers
poorly worded the message. I *think* they are testing if 3D is
hardware accelerated and if they detect is not, they just say DRI is
not present.

So what I am saying, is that I think the problem is a wording issue, in fact.
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Regards,
EddyP
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