On 4 Jan 2003, Dennis Krinke wrote: > I have a Diamond Monster 3d 4Mb Voodoo graphics card. > I used to use it with SuSE 6.4 and xfree86 3.3.6. and > could play tuxracer and bzflag. > > Since I upgraded to xfree86 4, I have not been able to > configure the voodoo(1) graphics chipset. > I am running debian testing, xfree86 4.2.1 and > kernel 2.4.18-k6. The pertinent packages are: [...] > > If I try tuxracer, I get the extreme slow response > characteristic of software 3D. > > I have tried using the kernel module sstfb.o : > * linux/drivers/video/sstfb.c -- voodoo graphics frame buffer > * $Id: sstfb.c,v 1.26.4.1 2001/08/29 01:30:37 ghoz Exp $ > with some success. > > I have one monitor connected to my S3 2D video card, > and a second monitor connected to the voodoo 3D card. > According to the sstfb README, I should load sstfb with: > insmod sstfb.o but this gives the error: > sstfb.o: unresolved symbol fbcon_cfb16_R1b46d337 > But modprobe sstfb.o loads the module and > lsmod gives: > Module Size Used by > sstfb 10836 126 > fbcon-cfb16 3880 0 [sstfb] > [...]
I am not sure, but this module seems to be a framebuffer driver or something like this and will therefore not work with xfree. Have a look at http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/glide.4.html. It might be what you are looking for. Burkhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
