Re: XFree86 4.0.x & tdfx DRI
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:05:23 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Andrei Ivanov <scorpio@arshes.dyndns.org>
> To: Ian Eure <ieure@debian.org>
> 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.
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