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Re: libglide2x.so



aphro said:
> last i checked the 3dfx howto was VERY outdated, yeah 1998..damn. almost 2
> years old.

That would explain why it seemed to be almost-but-not-quite-entirely
useless...

> you running potato?

Yep. 

> i got _nothing_ but segfaults when i installed the
> binaries from linux.3dfx.com had to compile from source(im running slink)

Hmm...  I don't recall seeing any binaries offered, only source.  So, yeah, I
compiled it myself.

> since i do all my stuff as root i dont have much to suggest other then
> make sure the user can access the /dev/3dfx device, which i believe was
> designed so non-root users can access the card. also make sure the module
> is inserted and that /dev/3dfx exists -- mine:
> 
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root     107,   0 Dec 11 02:21 /dev/3dfx

Yep.  Except for the date, that looks exactly like mine.

> libglide2x is from linux.3dfx.com as well, libglide3x i think is for
> developers only and not many things use it(yet)
> 
> http://linux.3dfx.com/open_source/download/voodoo3_banshee.htm

I've actually got a Voodoo2 Black Magic card, and the o_s/dl/voodoo2.htm page
only contains precompiled packages with the 3x library...
 
> that file did not work for me i had to compile it from source, but the
> libs i got are:

..but I missed the link to the source.  Time to dl that and see how it
works.

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