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 is a bit twisted at times. Make sure you read the information they have
available. You definitely want to stay away from the X 4.0 stuff (aka DRI)
because it is not stable, and it does not give as good performance as the
old stuff.
You can get everything you need from:
http://linux.3dfx.com/open_source/drivers.htm
Unless you want to compile sources (which is much more difficult). You
don't want the "Prerelease" stuff, that's X 4 based. You will need to make
sure you get the following packages:
SVGA X Server (the actual X Server)
XF86Setup (optional: if you want it)
Device3Dfx (lets non root users access the 3D hardware)
Glide_V3-2 (Glide version 2 and 3. required for 3D acceleration)
Glide_SDK (header files and such for Glide)
Follow the directions for installing them. The directions are wordy,
but they are also comprehensive. It's really not too bad, if you get stuck
send out an email I'm sure we can assist.
> It looks to me like I'll be a bit hairy.
uhh, I'm not gonna touch that one ;-P
> 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.
This is what I would recommend. I've been running this X Server for about
a month without a single problem. (actually Xconfigurator created some mode
lines that my monitor couldn't handle but that's not 3dfx's fault).
> 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..
Correct, not only does it not work with some stuff, but it actually gets
lower performance when it does work, and we all know FPS in quake 3 is
what you're doing this for :)
> 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
>
> ;-P Basically, I consider this more of a 'Brain Transplant' now.. ;-P
> Linux started up, and suddenly noticed it wasn't in Kansas anymore..
Sounds like what happens to me when ever I go to a computer show ...
"I'm just gonna pick up this one little thing...". Speaking of which
there's a show this weekend in Salem, mmmmm Computer Show. :)
HTH
-Matt
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