Re: X11 and Voodoo Banshee

[Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>]

wax_man@bellsouth.net writes:

> Does anyone know what server to use with a Creative labs 3D Blaster
> Banshee (Voodoo Banshee)?  Also, does anyone have any experiance with
> it in linux.

  http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/

I got it to work using the VESA framebuffer device (console and X
server).  Unfortunately, there is no code to set the refresh rate to
anything higher than the default (60Hz), which is rather hard on the
eyes.  I decided to swap the card with a Matrox I had in a Windows
machine.

There is a binary-only driver under development by Daryll Strauss
(with support from 3dfx) at:

  http://glide.xxedgexx.com/

It might be several months before it's ready though.  :-(

Cheers,

 - Jim