Concerning my problems installing a Voodoo3 card: Do I have to install the new stock Xf86 3.3.5 drivers before I install the the drivers I downloaded from linux.3dfx.com? I already had the linux.3dfx.drivers as rpm files leftover from installing them on linux mandrake 6.0. That was a hassle, too. anyway, when I went to install them on debian, the machine told me I had to get the xfree86 3.3.5 drivers first as my version of debian had the 3.3.2 drivers. So, I did apt-get, etc, and got them. But I guess I havent installed them correctly because when I try to install the 3dfx drivers, the install programs complains about installing them with the stock 3.3.5 drivers. What was your experience installing the driver for Voodoo3? I did it OK in linux mandrake although there was a lot of downloading and installing. thanks and merry xmas, Steve
aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: if you want 3D acceleration make sure to get the XF86 drivers from http://linux.3dfx.com as they are heavily modified. the stock XF86 3.3.5 doesnt work so great with my banshee..(which uses the same driver) nate On 21 Dec 1999, Steve Winston wrote: xee42 >Helphelp, xee42 >I am trying to install 3dfx Xfree86 drivers for my voodoo3 video card. I am xee42 >running into a conflict between these drivers and the debian drivers.I am xee42 >using Debian that Oreilly and Var are selling. 2.1.? Any ideas how xee42 >to get around this. Details are below: xee42 >I have successfully downloaded and installed Xfree86 3.3.5 from debian.org. xee42 >Also, I have installed the RedHat package manager that works with alien. Now, xee42 >I have 5 rpm packages of the 3dfx Xfree86 drivers to install. Soooo: xee42 >alien -i Xfree86~1.rpm (to take care of the first package) xee42 > Installation starts but ends with following messages: xee42 > Unpacking xfree86-SVGA (from Xfree86-svga-3.3.35-1.6_i386.deb) xee42 > dpkg: error processing xfree86-svga_3.3.5-1.6.i386.deb (--install): xee42 > trying to overwrite '/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA', which is also in xee42 > package xserver-svga xee42 > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pipe) xee42 > Errors were encountered whil processing: xee42 > xfree86-svga_3.3.5-1.6_i386.deb xee42 >alien: error running: dpkg --no-force-overwrite -i xfree86 xee42 >(and more stuff, but I got called away and didn't finish writing it all). xee42 > Note: I had two install two Glide packages, also .rpm, that I used xee42 >alien -i to install and it all went well and slick. xee42 > Adios, Steve xee42 > xee42 > xee42 > ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
