Re: Voodoo 3 2000

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

  I am not sure how it works with XF86Setup, but basically you have to
tell it to use XF86_SVGA (or something like that), if you see the voodoo
card on the list, pick it (it might say banshee/voodoo III or something
like that), otherwise just pick svga (generic), that should work. there
are some special servers for other cards (e.g. XF86_S3 for S3 based
cards) but voodoo (and some other cards) is handled by svga server (not
sure why). so you won't find XF86_3dfx of anything like that.

  once you have configured the X, check if it recognizes the card as
3dfx card (the output of X on the console where you run startx), if you
use xdm you can find output of X somewhere, I forgot where, but you can
always start another server:

startx -- :1 >& startx.log # for csh and derivatives)
startx -- :1 > startx.log 2>&1 # for sh and derivatives (including bash)

  then view startx.log and look for the chip name, the X server would be
probably on ctrl-alt-F8 (the first one is usually on ctrl-alt-F7)

  hope this helps

	erik

Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> 
> 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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