Re: Help on starting X

[ajlewis2@intac.com]

In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've posted a couple of times on this issue... does no one know the
> solution to this problem? Or, does no one use the 3dfx Voodoo 5000 card
> wih Debian at all?
> 
> I'm running Debian Woody 3.0r1 on a powerpc and get this error when
> trying to start X:
> 
> (WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0x10000 e: 0x100ff correcting
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
>         compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
> (**) TDFX(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
> (==) TDFX(0): RGB weight 565
> (==) TDFX(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (--) TDFX(0): Chipset: "3dfx Voodoo5"
> (--) TDFX(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x90000000
> (--) TDFX(0): MMIO registers at addr 0xA0000000
> (EE) TDFX(0): No valid PIO address in PCI config space
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin

I don't have the card, but I took a look at
/usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86/README.DRI.gz

In there it tells you that you need the 3dfx Glide Library for this card. 
Check out the doc.  I just scanned it.  There may be more information on
what all you need to do.

Anita