Re: XFree86 4.0.x & tdfx DRI

[Andrea Vettorello <molotov@dei.unipd.it>]

Ian Eure wrote:

> has anyone out there been able to get DRI working properly with XFree86
> 4.0.x and a 3dfx board?
>
> it _seems_ to work, but framerates are low... not at low as with software
> rendering, but low. i also get horrible flicker when polygons are redrawn.
>
> i was told that installing libglide3 would help - it did, but not
> enough. i still have the same problems. i also tried the debs of cvs
> dri. it did not help at all.
>
> everything worked perfectly with xfree86 3.3.6, mesag3-glide2 and
> libglide2.
>
> my system is a k6-3 500, 192mb ram, with a voodoo3 2000 16mb agp card.
>
>

With XFree86 3.3.6 i used the 3dfx device, and i remeber quite faster than the
actual XFree86 4.0.3 3dfx DRI implementation, correct me if i'm wrong, in the
latter case, OpenGL works as an additional software layer, based upon
glide-dri...

I think i've read somewhere it's still possible to use the 3dfx device with
XFree86 4, but can't remember where, so if someone can point me in the right
direction...


Andrea