it looks like you are talking about X 3.x
John Stevens wrote:
>
> . . . setting my boxen up to support this card for playing Quake II.
>
> There are a number of things to know:
>
> 1) Make sure that your users are members of the audio and video groups.
> 2) Aquire the appropriate packages off of http://linux.3dfx.com,
> (Mesa, glide and 3dfx driver source code).
all of them are available as debian packages (from debian).
erik
> 3) Convert packages aquired in 2 to debian packages, using alien.
> 4) Install packages. One package, the 3dfx driver module, needs
> to be compiled up from source, which requires that you have a
> development environment installed.
> 4) Modify your X server parameters to use 16 bpp, and have a 640x480
> mode.
> 5) If you are trying to run a set uid program, you may need to
> use xhost to allow that program access to your X server, ala:
> xhost +myMachine
> 6) For full speed rendering, set your enviroment to contain the
> variable:
>
> export MESA_GLX_FX=fullscreen
>
> After getting all this set up, make sure you test the glide stuff
> separately, before trying to run any GL programs, such as Quake II.
>
> If you need more specific instructions, let me know. As I said, I
> was working on this to let my boys play Quake II, but most of this
> setup should be generic. What program are you trying to run?
>
> John S.
>
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