The install docs for the voodoo2 and voodoo5 do not
instruct you to remove anything except old versions of
Glide.

The instructions for installing voodoo3/voodoobanshee
here:

http://www.linuxvoodoo.com/drivers/cards/video/3dfx/banv3.html

do not mention removing any files.  Which instructions
did you follow?


Dacia

--- "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
> > 
> > I've not installed a voodoo3.  Perhaps the linux
> > drivers for the voodoo3 are compiled against a
> > different version of glide (or OGL) then the
> screen
> > savers/plugins that you want to use?  Although
> that
> > shouldn't be the case because my voodoo5 will run
> > screen savers and the xmms plugins and it can only
> use
> > glide3.  I honestly don't have the faintest idea. 
> I'm
> > sorry I couldn't help.  I folowed the instructions
> on
> > http://linux.3dfx.com and it all seems to work
> just
> > fine.
> 
> Hi. Well, let me ask you a couple of questions then.
> According to the install -
> docs, you are supposed to remove all older versions
> of Mesa. Did you do this?
> If so, did you run into multiple dependency errors
> because so many apps use
> Mesa? Did you (re)compile Mesa so that the 3DFX
> stuff was incorporated? How did
> you maintain links with the original software in
> /usr/local/lib? Oh well... ;-)
> 
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