Re: Voodoo3 on potato with X 3.3.6

[Richard Hector <rhector@actrix.gen.nz>]

Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've searched the archives, and elsewhere, but all the useful info seems
> 
> >to be about installing with X 4 (which isn't in potato(?)), or on
> >redhat, or occasionally on Debian by using redhat packages.
> >
> >Is there no way to get 3d from this card using standard debian packages
> 
> >on a stable installation?
> >
> >Any help appreciated,
> 
> This is a long shot.
> If 3D is what is used to render/show for instance the 3D pipes, "flowers",
> etc. in screensavers, then you can get support for that by installing the
> mesag3 package that comes with Potato.
> 
> I don't game or use graphics, but my Voodoo3 under XFree86 3.6.6 will let
> me use the 3D screensavers when mesag3 is installed.

Is that the mesag3 package or the mesag3-glide package?

I understood I should use the glide version for a 3Dfx card, in order to
get the 3D acceleration.

Many thanks,

Richard