hi evan, i've tried and tried. can't get test3Dfx to work, even as root. it says "can't find or access board", even though it's detected at boot time:
Oct 17 21:29:01 satan kernel: fb: Voodoo3 memory = 16384K Oct 17 21:29:01 satan kernel: fb: MTRR's turned on Oct 17 21:29:01 satan kernel: fb0: 3Dfx Voodoo3 frame buffer device this does seem like a driver issue. i can't unload the module because it's "busy", even though nothing is currently using the module. bleah. linux.3dfx.com has stuff which worked when i had a suse system, but it seems a little out of date. i may just try that. only comes as rpms. yuck. alternatively, i can try to upgrade xfree86 4.0 and hope that works. which would you recommend? if upgrading xfree86 is the way to go, how can i do this while satisfying any dependencies there might be? on dselect, i see only 3.3.6. i assume what i need to do is duplicate the entries in my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free but change "potato" to "woody"? (i'm pretty new to debian). then run dselect, choose update, let it work, choose select, uninstall xfree86-common-3.3.6 and reinstall xfree86-common-4.0. i assume this will take care of the dependencies itself... right? :) i really appreciate this! pete On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Evan Van Dyke wrote: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > dear all, > > > > when i try to run test3Dfx on my dual celery550 (debian 2.2, kernel > > 2.4.0-test9), it reports: > > 1) run it as root, does it work? If so, then it's a module problem. > 2) I had some problems with the debian distro of the glide libs and > ended > up compileing and installing my own from CVS(glide.sourceforge.net) > 3) My 3dfx module didn't work with the 2.4.0-test* series, so you might > be stuck as running as root for now. > 4) Try Xfree4.0CVS and Glide3xCVS for accelerated OpenGL(although no > Glide) > X4.0 is _soo_ much faster than 3.3.* > > --Evan
