Re: [Question] XFREE 3.3.3.1!!!
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, strange wrote:
> Say Im wondering how one could setup XFREE 3.3.3.1, I currently run
> Debian 1.3 and require a special server ( XF86_3DLabs ) in XFREE 3.3.3.1
> to run my video card. I recently tried using "rpm" on some redhat XFREE
> 3.3.3.1 package files that I downloaded - but It keeps saying that
> "filesystem 9 not supported" or something like that, anyone know of
> anytoher way to get XFREE 3.3.3.1 running on this system?
On the advice of a helpful person on this list, when I got my 3DLabs card,
I used the 3.3.3 server with my 3.3.2 installation of X. It works
beautifully, and I would reccommend you do the same. Here's what I did:
Download the binary from www.xfree86.org of the XF86_3DLabs server (will
come in a .tgz file)
untar the file, and move the directories around so that it matches the
proper locations (ie if I'm in /home/odin/xfreework/ I would make
directories usr/X11R6/bin under that and put the XF86_3DLabs executable
under there.
In /home/odin/xfreework/ type 'tar cvzf xserver-3dlabs.tar.gz -C . usr/*'
to repack the archive with debian directory structure.
As root, run 'alien xserver-3dlabs.tar.gz'
dpkg -i xserver-3dlabs.deb
Update the file /etc/X11/Xserver (the first line should be
'/usr/bin/X11/XF86_3DLabs')
This is all assuming you have a working X installation already, if you do
not, I suggest you install one with the VGA16 server or SVGA server then
follow these steps.
Afterwards, you can remove the old X server.
HTH.
-Dano
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