>> >Hi all, >> > >> >I've searched the archives, and elsewhere, but all the useful info seems
>> >> >to be about installing with X 4 (which isn't in potato(?)), or on >> >redhat, or occasionally on Debian by using redhat packages. >> > >> >Is there no way to get 3d from this card using standard debian packages >> >> >on a stable installation? >> > >> >Any help appreciated, >> >> This is a long shot. >> If 3D is what is used to render/show for instance the 3D pipes, "flowers", >> etc. in screensavers, then you can get support for that by installing the >> mesag3 package that comes with Potato. >> >> I don't game or use graphics, but my Voodoo3 under XFree86 3.6.6 will let >> me use the 3D screensavers when mesag3 is installed. > >Is that the mesag3 package or the mesag3-glide package? > >I understood I should use the glide version for a 3Dfx card, in order to >get the 3D acceleration. I don't know. If someone said you needed the glide package (s)he probably knows best. Try it and see what you get. Best regards Johnny :o)
