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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Mike Barnes wrote:
> I just installed a 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 16MB on my P200 (yep good ol' PCI)
> I have a dual boot Windoze98 and Caldera Open Linux 2.2
>
> I have the voodoo installed no problem on Win98, but when I boot up into
> Linux it says it's going into run level 3, sending process term signal
> And then just hangs there.
> (I initially installed Linux with my old card, a matrox mystique)
>
> To get out of it I can just hit ctrl+alt+del and it shuts down properly, but
> other than that Linux says hell with it I quit lol
>
> Is there a way to boot into Linux with the standard X Server, and bypass the
> matrox settings?
You need to reconfigure for the new card. You also probably need a new driver.
Check to see if caos has an ascii interface. You can't use the X one right now
:).
> Also I got the drivers from 3dfx and they have fairly decent instructions on
> the process of updating Glide, installing the drivers etc. But all the
> installations are done with RPM's.
>
> Would there be any difference in installing the RPM's in Caldera, versus Red
> Hat?
I don't know if there are differences, but there certainly must be a text
method to use their admintool, caos. I've only used Caldera once or twice, but
it was pretty simple.
> ie. it says to do:
> "rpm -Uvh Glide_V3-2.60-8.i386.rpm"
> would there be any differences?
>
> Also it states a directory in one of the commands...
> "rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.3-1.i386.rpm"
>
> Well if I'm not running Redhat I'm assuming that directory won't exist...
> But also would I be right in assuming since it's calling for it's own file
> in that directory that it may create it?
Mount the Caldera Cd and then look for hte file.
find /cdrom -name "*3Dfx*"
I'd presume hand rpm stuff would remain the same, once you find the right rpm.
ciao,
der.hans
> Sorry for sounding like a moron, I'm fairly competent when it comes to
> computers in general, but am still learning Linux so be gentle!
>
> Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
> Oh also if there's any known issues with this driver let me know, if
> anything I can just put in my old card *shudder* and disable it in windows
> and just keep using it for Linux.
>
> Thank you much,
>
> Mike Barnes
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