On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, strange wrote: > Say Im wondering how one could setup XFREE 3.3.3.1, I currently run > Debian 1.3 and require a special server ( XF86_3DLabs ) in XFREE 3.3.3.1 > to run my video card. I recently tried using "rpm" on some redhat XFREE > 3.3.3.1 package files that I downloaded - but It keeps saying that > "filesystem 9 not supported" or something like that, anyone know of > anytoher way to get XFREE 3.3.3.1 running on this system?
On the advice of a helpful person on this list, when I got my 3DLabs card, I used the 3.3.3 server with my 3.3.2 installation of X. It works beautifully, and I would reccommend you do the same. Here's what I did: Download the binary from www.xfree86.org of the XF86_3DLabs server (will come in a .tgz file) untar the file, and move the directories around so that it matches the proper locations (ie if I'm in /home/odin/xfreework/ I would make directories usr/X11R6/bin under that and put the XF86_3DLabs executable under there. In /home/odin/xfreework/ type 'tar cvzf xserver-3dlabs.tar.gz -C . usr/*' to repack the archive with debian directory structure. As root, run 'alien xserver-3dlabs.tar.gz' dpkg -i xserver-3dlabs.deb Update the file /etc/X11/Xserver (the first line should be '/usr/bin/X11/XF86_3DLabs') This is all assuming you have a working X installation already, if you do not, I suggest you install one with the VGA16 server or SVGA server then follow these steps. Afterwards, you can remove the old X server. HTH. -Dano
