Re: HELP - voodoo 3 trouble
hi evan,
i've tried and tried. can't get test3Dfx to work, even as root. it says
"can't find or access board", even though it's detected at boot time:
Oct 17 21:29:01 satan kernel: fb: Voodoo3 memory = 16384K
Oct 17 21:29:01 satan kernel: fb: MTRR's turned on
Oct 17 21:29:01 satan kernel: fb0: 3Dfx Voodoo3 frame buffer device
this does seem like a driver issue. i can't unload the module because it's
"busy", even though nothing is currently using the module. bleah.
linux.3dfx.com has stuff which worked when i had a suse system, but it seems
a little out of date. i may just try that. only comes as rpms. yuck.
alternatively, i can try to upgrade xfree86 4.0 and hope that works.
which would you recommend?
if upgrading xfree86 is the way to go, how can i do this while satisfying
any dependencies there might be? on dselect, i see only 3.3.6. i assume
what i need to do is duplicate the entries in my /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free
but change "potato" to "woody"? (i'm pretty new to debian). then run
dselect, choose update, let it work, choose select, uninstall
xfree86-common-3.3.6 and reinstall xfree86-common-4.0. i assume this will
take care of the dependencies itself... right? :)
i really appreciate this!
pete
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Evan Van Dyke wrote:
> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> >
> > dear all,
> >
> > when i try to run test3Dfx on my dual celery550 (debian 2.2, kernel
> > 2.4.0-test9), it reports:
>
> 1) run it as root, does it work? If so, then it's a module problem.
> 2) I had some problems with the debian distro of the glide libs and
> ended
> up compileing and installing my own from CVS(glide.sourceforge.net)
> 3) My 3dfx module didn't work with the 2.4.0-test* series, so you might
> be stuck as running as root for now.
> 4) Try Xfree4.0CVS and Glide3xCVS for accelerated OpenGL(although no
> Glide)
> X4.0 is _soo_ much faster than 3.3.*
>
> --Evan
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