Enable DRI3 For AMD Radeon's Xorg Drivers.

Abhishek Rawal · 2015-08-05T19:55:40+00:00

On 17th of March, DRI3 support was added to xf86-video-ati. However, to enable DRI3, you have to edit xorg.conf in order to enable it. Commit link : <a href="https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=64e1e4dbdd3caee6f5d8f6b6c094b4533fa94953" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Freedesktop xf86 Video</a> 1) Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf (Name of the file doesn't really matter, just make sure it sends with .conf) and add the following lines : Section "Device" Identifier "Radeon" Driver "radeon" Option "DRI3" EndSectionSave the file, and reboot the system. 2) Now, check whether DRI3 is enabled or not by looking at Xorg.0.log file located at /var/log. Here's how mine looks like after enabling DRI3 : Or simply check as :

Enable DRI3 For AMD Radeon's Xorg Drivers.

Abhishek Rawal

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On 17th of March, DRI3 support was added to xf86-video-ati. However, to enable DRI3, you have to edit xorg.conf in order to enable it.
Commit link : <a href="https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=64e1e4dbdd3caee6f5d8f6b6c094b4533fa94953" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Freedesktop xf86 Video</a>

1) Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf (Name of the file doesn't really matter, just make sure it sends with .conf) and add the following lines :
```
Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Radeon"
   Driver      "radeon"
   Option      "DRI3"
EndSection
```
Save the file, and reboot the system.

2) Now, check whether DRI3 is enabled or not by looking at Xorg.0.log file located at /var/log.
Here's how mine looks like after enabling DRI3 :

Or simply check as :
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Hi-Angel

Member • Dec 11, 2015
Great, thanks, that worked on Ubuntu too - there wasn't the directory though, but upon creation everything works.

There's one thing that bothers me, though - below the «DRI3 enabled» I also see the line:
```
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
```
Is that bad?
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Abhishek Rawal

Member • Dec 11, 2015
Hi-Angel
Great, thanks, that worked on Ubuntu too - there wasn't the directory though, but upon creation everything works.

There's one thing that bothers me, though - below the «DRI3 enabled» I also see the line:
```
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
```
Is that bad?
Nope, you're good. 👍
Are you sure? This action cannot be undone.
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