I am not sure how it works with XF86Setup, but basically you have to tell it to use XF86_SVGA (or something like that), if you see the voodoo card on the list, pick it (it might say banshee/voodoo III or something like that), otherwise just pick svga (generic), that should work. there are some special servers for other cards (e.g. XF86_S3 for S3 based cards) but voodoo (and some other cards) is handled by svga server (not sure why). so you won't find XF86_3dfx of anything like that.
once you have configured the X, check if it recognizes the card as 3dfx card (the output of X on the console where you run startx), if you use xdm you can find output of X somewhere, I forgot where, but you can always start another server: startx -- :1 >& startx.log # for csh and derivatives) startx -- :1 > startx.log 2>&1 # for sh and derivatives (including bash) then view startx.log and look for the chip name, the X server would be probably on ctrl-alt-F8 (the first one is usually on ctrl-alt-F7) hope this helps erik Juergen Fiedler wrote: > > I meant to ask whether I have to select a specific card during the initial > Debian install > - if I want to set up X right from the start. I guess I could try to set it > up later and > perhaps configure it with XF86Setup. I never set X up maunally - and I'd > rather wait with > that until I really know Linux inside out. > > Thanks, > Juergen > > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > use svga server, it recognizes the voodoo card (automatically, you > > don't need to specify it), when you run X, it should say the name of the > > chip recognized... > > > > erik > > > > Juergen Fiedler wrote: > > > > > > The first time I tried to install Debian on that machine, I installed the > > > base system > > > from floppies. Then, when I tried to install X by issuing an 'apt-get > > > install > > > task-x-window-system', I got an internal error after downloading the > > > necessary files > > > (if I was still at a download speed <=56K, the machine wouldn't be in > > > one piece > > > anymore, making my question moot). I think I'll obtain a CD and try again. > > > But say, don't you have to specify the card you want to use when you set > > > the X system > > > up? Or did Debian autoprobe your Voodoo card? If you actually had to > > > specify a card, > > > which one did you pick? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Juergen > > > > > > Colin Watson wrote: > > > > > > > Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >I am trying to get a Voodoo 3 2000 to run under Debian 2.2 - with the > > > > >added bonus that this instance would have to run on a 300Mhz AMD K6. Is > > > > >there a way to do it or should I just return the card? > > > > > > > > It just works on my Debian unstable box, and worked when unstable was > > > > potato too, when using the SVGA X server. (Although I have lingering > > > > problems with GL support, but as my monitor is in a less than perfect > > > > condition at the moment this is the least of my worries ...) > > > > > > > > I'd say the processor is irrelevant to the graphics card support here, > > > > unless I'm missing something. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null