Re: Voodoo 3 2000

[Juergen Fiedler <juergen@fiedlerfamily.net>]

I meant to ask whether I have to select a specific card during the initial Debian install
- if I want to set up X right from the start. I guess I could try to set it up later and
perhaps configure it with XF86Setup. I never set X up maunally - and I'd rather wait with
that until I really know Linux inside out.

Thanks,
Juergen

Erik Steffl wrote:

>   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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
> > >
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