Re: My voodoo 3...

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

Jonathan Daugherty wrote:

> > I *haven't* created the tdfx device file (/dev/cards/tdfx?), because i
> > can't remember how to (or even what the name of the file is).  I
> > searched on google, without luck.
>
> It's /dev/3dfx, and you don't create it manually.  Get the device3dfx-source package.  Build the deb from that (make-kpkg, it's in the README), and when you
> install the deb, it'll load the module and create the dev entry.
>

You need /dev/3dfx if you want accelerated HW 3D with XFree 3.3.x, if you are using XFree 4.0.x (and above) you don't need the /dev/3dfx (or better /dev/3dfx
is not supported, i remember faster than DRI but with some drawbacks: work only in full screen and could lock solid the box)...


Andrea