Re: Voodoo 3 2000
use svga server, it recognizes the voodoo card (automatically, you
don't need to specify it), when you run X, it should say the name of the
chip recognized...
erik
Juergen Fiedler wrote:
>
> The first time I tried to install Debian on that machine, I installed the base system
> from floppies. Then, when I tried to install X by issuing an 'apt-get install
> task-x-window-system', I got an internal error after downloading the necessary files
> (if I was still at a download speed <=56K, the machine wouldn't be in one piece
> anymore, making my question moot). I think I'll obtain a CD and try again.
> But say, don't you have to specify the card you want to use when you set the X system
> up? Or did Debian autoprobe your Voodoo card? If you actually had to specify a card,
> which one did you pick?
>
> Thanks,
> Juergen
>
> Colin Watson wrote:
>
> > Juergen Fiedler <juergen@fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:
> > >I am trying to get a Voodoo 3 2000 to run under Debian 2.2 - with the
> > >added bonus that this instance would have to run on a 300Mhz AMD K6. Is
> > >there a way to do it or should I just return the card?
> >
> > It just works on my Debian unstable box, and worked when unstable was
> > potato too, when using the SVGA X server. (Although I have lingering
> > problems with GL support, but as my monitor is in a less than perfect
> > condition at the moment this is the least of my worries ...)
> >
> > I'd say the processor is irrelevant to the graphics card support here,
> > unless I'm missing something.
> >
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> > Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
> >
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