Abe, I am using a GeForce 2 GTS like you are. However, my Shogo immediately crashes complaing about SDL when I try to use OpenGL mode. It works under Software Mode, but obviously that is undesirable. Since Shogo is working for you, would you be so kind as to post what version of SDL and SMPEG you are using? A listing of your relevant installed rpms would be very nice. Thanks for the help! --- abram olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to toss in my .02 here, I haven't had any > problems running quake3, shogo or heavy gear on mdk > 8.0 in full screen mode. I have a geforce2 card. > While this doesn't help with the peoblems with the > 3dfx cards it does comment on the general "problem" > of > no fullscreen gaming. I haven't done anything extra > or weird to my system other then to install the two > nvidia driver packages. > > If your games are runing really slow you are > probably > using Mesa and not glide libraries for your 3d > acceleration. There are various ways to fix this > depending on the game. Sometimes you just have to > edit a config file so it points to the right libs. > Other times you actually don't have the right libs > installed (in which case you must figure out which > ones you need and install them) or the game cannot > use > the libs that you do have installed. (In which case > you are F**ked) > > My brother has a V5 and runs mdk 8.0. We've spent > more then a few hours trying to figure out how to > make > it work for full screen acceleration. I had a v5 > around x 4.01 time (and I suppose you could use the > x > 4.01 packages from the old linux.3dfx.com if you > could > find em but they wouldn't be much better then what > you > got right now ;-) and I finially ditched it so I > could > have some good performance and regularly updated > drivers in linux. > > I sincerely doubt that there is some conspiracy in > mandrake to make 3d acceleration only work partially > folks. That's just silly. > > If we keep working on this we'll figure it out. > > > Abe > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not a Voodoo problem, seems to affect more > > video-card.Is a kdm problem > > when DRI (3d acceleration is activated). It > appears > > using XFree86 4.0.2 > > and 4.0.3 with KDE 2.1 and DRi (graphical > > acceleration) activated. > > > > a) if 3d-games run so slow, then you have not DRI > > activated and not > > full screen problems. :-( > > SOLUTION: install 3d acceleration. > > > > b) if 3d-games run fast, DRI is activated and then > > kdm make the switch > > between resoultions (by hand (CTL+ALT+(*) or by > the > > game when it runs) > > crashes X. > > SOLUTION: start linux in console mode and after > > login, startx activate > > the X and you will be capable of play games in > full > > screen mode. > > Another more complicated solution is use a graphic > > login different of > > kdm, for example gdm or xdm. > > > > NOTE: the problem seems to affect not only Voodo > but > > other video-cards. > > > > Francisco Alcaraz > > Murcia (Spain) > > > > ----- Mensaje Original ----- > > Remitente: Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Fecha: Miércoles, Mayo 9, 2001 2:02 pm > > Asunto: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft quiet? Voodoo > > fixes? > > > > > Strange, > > > > > > I don't seem to have any crashing problems > running > > some of the > > > full screen > > > games on my 8.0 machine with my Voodoo 3 2000 > PCI > > video card. I > > > do have a > > > problem with them running > > reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally > > > slooooooooooooooooooooow; too slow to even play. > > > I had no idea > > > that there > > > were issues with them. I certainly learn > > something new every day > > > on here. > > > :-) > > > > > > Terry Sheltra > > > > > > On Tuesday 08 May 2001 19:24, you wrote: > > > > On Monday 07 May 2001 10:05 pm, you wrote: > > > > > > > > Yeah same here, Voodoo3 crashes when start > a > > full-screen > > > games in > > > > Mandrake 8.0. I posted a complaint about it > in > > the forum and they > > > > immediatley took it off. I guess they cant > > stand getting > > > embarssing,> > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > s wrote: > > > > > > I haven't heard much news from the > Mandrake > > front lately. > > > Why so > > > > > > quiet? > > > > > > > > > > > > Main reason for posting: Has anyone heard > > about any fixes, > > > patches,> > > upgrades forthcoming for the > voodoo3 > > problems? > > > > > > > > > > > > -s > > > > > > > > > > Hi. U having problems too? Games running in > > full screen? Can't > > > get mine > > > > > to do it... ;-( > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > Jesus saves. > Allah forgives, > Cthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. > ------------------------------------------ > See my digital art at: > > http://www.foramenmagnum.net/images.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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