mesa, but not sure whether debian mesa compiled with 3Dfx Voodoo support. Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 Oleg Krivosheev ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Pere Camps wrote: > >> Oleg, > >> > >> > are 3dfx based - check diamond monster 3d. > >> > you'll have accelerated OpenGL under > >> > Linux and Windows and can play > >> > GLQuake with decent frame rate. > >> > >> Does the monster need a 2D card, or can it provide 2D graphics as > >> well? > > > >i believe you have to have 2D card as well. > >Any cheap (~$50) S3 card will do it. > >My friend just bought diamond monster 3d > >and will install debian in a couple of days. > >I'll inform you about the results > > The 3Dfx cards are passthru, i.e., they only supply 3D > capabilities. They rely on a 2D card being installed in the machine > and an external cable connects the two. I have one in my PC, along > with a Millenium I, and had no trouble with Debian and it coexisting > peacefully. Debian was installed before I installed my Monster 3D, but > I doubt it would make a difference. As far as I can tell Linux > completely ignores my 3Dfx based Monster 3D. > Oleg is correct in that any cheap 2D card will do, > unfortunately, as far as I know, that's all Linux uses so you're > likely to be unhappy with the Linux/X video performance if you have a > cheap 2D card. > Does anyone know of a GL library that takes advantage of the > 3Dfx under Linux? It'd be great to display GL apps running on my SGI > workstation at work on my PC at home but as far as I know SGI's are > the only platform with full GL support. > > Gary Hennigan > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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