dear peter and david, i couldn't get the voodoo3 to work until i installed X 4.0 and used the DRI drivers.
pete On Tue 09 Jan 01, 11:34 AM, Peter Gruber said... > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, David Steinberg wrote: > > > But I'm completely lost as to what to do to get it to work... > > > > I've installed the following packages (from potato): > > libglide2-v3 > > libglide2-dev > > glide2-base > > mesag3-glide2 > > mesag3-widgets > > mesag-glide2-dev > > mesag-widgets-dev > > > > Okay, so the dev packages are probably overkill at this point, but what > > the heck? :) > > > > If I try to run /usr/bin/test3Dfx, I get: > > gd error (glide): Can't find or access Banshee/V3 board > > gd error (glide): grSstSelect: non-existent SSTSegmentation fault > > > > In the description for libglide2-v3, it says "You'll need the /dev/3dfx > > kernel driver to use this library." I have no clue what to do about > > this; where would I get the this kernel driver? > > > > I haven't had much luck in finding current documentation (I assume things > > have changed significantly since the 3dfx howto was last updated 3 years > > ago, since it specifically mentions that there is no kernel configuration > > necessary). If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be most > > appreciative. > > > > TIA. > > Hi All > > I have the same problem, but I can add some more Information maybe it > helps! > > If I run X (3.3.6) I have no problems running the test3dfx binary, except > setting it to another resolution then I get a segfault. Running Quake from > X seems to work at first glance, but it seems to open another vt (usally > vt4) and I have to switch to this vt manually to get keypresses, but then > the colors get bad. Leaving Quake leaves all consoles in unusable state > (some wierd colors). -- Just upgraded to Woody? Don't have permission to run X? linux In Xwrapper.config, change allowed_users from root to console. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ._. "Coffee...I've conquered the Borg on coffee." [EMAIL PROTECTED] /v\ --Kathryn Janeway on the virtues of coffee http://www.dirac.org // \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------- ^^ ^^ GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D rules
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