On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Thomas Charron wrote:
> Yet another 'I'm about to' question. I also now have a Voodoo3 video card,
> and once again, I'm about to take the plunge into using the Voodoo3 X Server
> from 3dfx, but, to be honest, this one really, REALLY looks harder then it
> needs to be.. ;-P
>
> It looks to me like I'll be a bit hairy. Anyone have any pointers,
> or perhaps a 'Don't do it, X will never work again' warnings? For
> now, I'm looking to *NOT* use the pre4.0 release, but the older Glide
> release that will work with the current 3.3.5. The pre4.0 seems to
> require a great deal of work, and will not work with some of the
> current 3D apps ported to Linux, so I'll hold off untill it matures a
> bit more..
Tom, IIRC, you're on RedHat? If so, this is a cynch. Just make sure you
have all the right RPMs, which are all spelled out on numerous web pages,
including 3dfx's, and you're golden. It works great.
>
> It all started with a new sound card.. It's snowballed into:
>
> 1) New Sound Card
> 2) New Video Card
> 3) New Monitor
> 4) New Case
> 5) New Motherboard
> 6) New Processor
Hehe, BTDT. Got the Tekram UW SCSI and an IBM 9GB drive to go with all
that. Only thing left of the original system is the CD, one IDE drive (for
Winhose) floppy drive, and some cables. Oh, and the RAM. :)
--
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Who watches the watchmen?"
-Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347
Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator
Arris Interactive | A Nortel Company
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