Voodoo Banshee + Debian => X == null ?
Hi Folks!
Well, I just bought a Blaster 3D Banshee AGP and to my surprise
- or not, since neither 3Dfx nor Creative Labs. are known as linux
supporting companies - I discovered that it just can't get along with X
-- at least not with the one shipping with Slink ( do I need to say that
i use slink? :-) and not with the last stable one listed in
www.XFree86.org.
It seems that 3Dfx has a somewhat beta X server supporting
Banshee and Voodoo3 chipsets but, from what I saw, they are distributing
it only in RPM format. Ok, I know I can use Alien and convert it to .deb
but I'm doubtful of how debian-compatible will this E.T. .deb be and how
will it behave in my box ( redhat and debian environments are not equal
and, the installation script, thinking it is in a RedHat box, may screw
my Debian box... not a GoodThing (c) ).
So, if anyone can solve my doubts and fears concerning the
suggested approach of converting the package or has any other solution
to this problem, PLEASE, e-mail me!
[]s
MaCa
PS. I hope all that is understandable.. if not... well, I tried! :)
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