On Thu, 17 May 2001, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:05:23 -0500 (CDT) > From: Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ian Eure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.x & tdfx DRI > > > has anyone out there been able to get DRI working properly with XFree86 > > 4.0.x and a 3dfx board? > > > > it _seems_ to work, but framerates are low... not at low as with software > > rendering, but low. i also get horrible flicker when polygons are redrawn. > > > > i was told that installing libglide3 would help - it did, but not > > enough. i still have the same problems. i also tried the debs of cvs > > dri. it did not help at all. > > > > everything worked perfectly with xfree86 3.3.6, mesag3-glide2 and > > libglide2. > > > > my system is a k6-3 500, 192mb ram, with a voodoo3 2000 16mb agp card. > > > > not on the list, so please cc any replies to me. > > I've pretty much followed the docs on DRI and X site about setting up the > Voodoo3 card. Points of note: > 1. You need either the kernel tdfx module, or DRI one. > 2. DRI ONLY works in 16bpp, not 24bpp (took me a while to get that one). > 3. I use xlibmesa3 and xlibosmesa3 libs. > irt point 1, i have the agpgart & tdfx modules that came with 2.4.4 loaded - afaik the dri stuff is all loaded in the x server, not the kernel. am i wrong on this point?
i'm running in 16bpp, and i have xlib[os]mesa3 installed.