Re: Voodo3 3000
Robert Gill wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:55:15PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote:
> > yes for my gamin i wouldnt use anything but a voodoo3 under Xfree3.
> > the nvidia drivers have some massive memory leaks and other odd
> > issues. X4 under voodoo3 is known to be much slower then glide under
> > X3(under X4 you must use OpenGL, glide2x is not supported under X4).
> >
> > i run a voodoo3 3500, just upgraded from a 2000 less then a week ago
> > its rockin.
>
> Actually, I get much better performance from my Voodoo3 with X4. For
> some reason Debian doesn't include the DRI Glide drivers. You can download
> an RPM from linux.3dfx.com. Its name Glide-v3-DRI, or something like that.
> Convert it to a .deb using alien and it installs fine, nearly doubling your
> framerate under X4.
Is this not the DRI-enabled package?
bash-2.04$ dpkg -s libglide3
Package: libglide3
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 760
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@debian.org>
Source: glide
Version: 2000.11.02.06
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.94), xlibs (>= 4.0.1-0), pciutils, debconf (>=
0.3.74)
Recommends: device3dfx-source
Suggests: device3dfx-module
Conflicts: libglide3
Description: Graphics library for 3Dfx Voodoo based cards
This package allows you to use the 3D functions of cards based on
3dfx Interactive, Inc's Voodoo 3, Voodoo 4, and Voodoo 5, chipsets.
You should install it if you have such a card.
.
NOTE: You'll need the /dev/3dfx kernel driver to use this library.
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